Greg Nelson, Principal Cellist
performing as a soloist at
Christina Pelto & Thomas Madison Wedding Ceremony
Apostolic Lutheran Church Plymouth, MN
July 16, 2010
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Lyndsey Johnson
Photographer & Designer
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Innocenti Strings Indianapolis
Innocenti String Duet violin/Cello
Performing at Barbara & Andrew Kieszkowski Wedding Ceremony
Avon Gardens. Avon, IN
June 18, 2010
Photography:Chicago Phos Photography
Thursday, November 11, 2010
New Musicians Bio
New Innocenti Strings Musicians
Kelly Bohling: Kelly Bohling holds a Bachelor of Music in violin performance from KU. Her performance highlights include the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, Helianthus Contemporary Ensemble, and KU’s Collegium Musicum. She has also appeared as soloist with the Hot Springs Festival Orchestra. When Kelly is not performing, she is busy teaching, with a full violin studio in Lawrence and Kansas City.
Ellen O'Hayer: -Cellist Ellen O'Hayer received her Bachelor's Degree in Cello Performance from the DePaul University School of Music in Chicago. She is a member of the Topeka Symphony Orchestra, and has held section positions with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and the Quad City Symphony, as well as a principal position with the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra. Ellen is an active performer and teacher in the Kansas City/Lawrence area.
Violinist FangFang Li has an active career as a performer and educator. Ms. Li began violin studies at the age of 4. At age 14, she was accepted to Idyllwild Arts Academy in California to study with Todor Pelev. She attended the Aspen Music Festival with a fellowship in
2001. The same year, Ms. Li entered the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) as a full scholarship recipient to study with Kurt Sassmannshaus. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in violin performance in 2006 and 2008. As an accomplished violin teacher, Ms. Li has taught young and adult musicians for many years. She was a graduate teaching assistant at CCM, she was also on the violin faculty of the Starling Preparatory String Project and the Sassmannshaus Tradition program. With the Baur Quartet, Ms. Li has also served as faculty member at the Great Wall International Music Academy in Beijing and the Wyoming Center for the Arts in Ohio. Ms. Li recently moved to San Diego and looks forward to all the new adventures here!
Ms. Li frequently performs as a recitalist and chamber musician. As a member of the Baur Quartet, Li has taught and performed internationally. The Baur Quartet was named the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s first Fellowship String Quartet in Residence. They have played numerous concerts and held master classes at local schools throu
ghout the states.
Esther McMahon: Violinist Esther McMahon is an extremely seasoned and accomplished musician, at home in a wide variety of genres including classical, fiddle, pop, and rock. Esther has studied with Susanna Klein, Matt Combs, and most recently graduated from Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music under Professor Christian Teal. In 2008, she was invited with her string quartet to attend the Aix-en-Provence festival in France to perform and work with members of the Berlin Philharmonic. The following spring, Esther spent five months in Vienna, Austria studying with renowned soloist, Barbra Gorzynska. In addition to pursuing a career in classical music, Esther is quite adept in the recording studio. She has had the opportunity to work with many Nashville based artists including Jessica Campbell, Josiah Hawley, Molly Jewell, and Caitlin Nethery. Esther has also worked with several talented producers, including Ben Shive, Scott Hundley, and Nick Spezia
Emily Nelson: Cellist Emily Nelson's passion for the string quartet was cultivated at a young age, and has attended chamber music festivals every summer since the age of twelve. Taught by Felix Wang at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music, Nelson has soloed with Idaho Falls
Symphony and the Oregon East Symphony, and has played with several other music groups across the Northwest. Her intensive training including a masterclass under famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, developed her ability to play a number of eclectic musical styles and has made Nelson an in-demand studio musician, leading to her recording with Nashville-based artists Young Republic, Elenowen, and Tom Schreck. An award-winning musician, Nelson was a finalist in the Tennessee Cello Workshop Concerto Competition and the recipient of the prestigious Jean Keller Heard Strings Prize while at Vanderbilt. Recently, Nelson traveled to Europe where she performed several concerts with the Ars Nova String Quartet and participated in the 2010 Vanderbilt Music Academie in France.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Innocenti Strings San Francisco
The Innocenti strings San FranciscoPerforming on June 20, 2010Misha Patel & Sebastian Bechtolsheim Wedding Ceremony and CocktailLocation Testarossa Winery Los Gatos, CA
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Innocenti Strings LLC. Composer/Arranger
Innocenti Strings LLC just appointed Randall West as our official composer/arranger.
although we provide about 300 pieces of music to choose from, any of our client can now request about anything they want. from U2 to Coldplay, our new arranger will transcribe the selection of your choice for any instrumentation.
Randall West is a composer and sound artist whose catalog includes music for the concert hall as well as electroacoustic, vocal, and experimental music. His music tends to explore novel ways in which performers or sounds interact, while directly engaging its audience with colorful timbres, striking melodies, and a vivid theatricality. His musical inspiration spans from 20th century modernism to the baroque, Indian classical, Japanese folk, electronic, avant-garde, and popular music.
Randall received his Masters from the Chicago College of the Performing Arts, where his he studied with Stacy Garrop, Daron Hagen, and Kyong Mee Choi. He has been awarded fellowships by the Seasons Music Festival and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and was the recipient of the CCPA Wind Ensemble Competition for Wayna Picchu. His works have been read or performed by Palomar, the Yakima Symphony, the University of Illinois New Music Ensemble, Chicago Opera Vanguard, and S.O.N.G. among others. His electroacoustic music has also been presented at ICMC 2010 in New York and at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. As an active member of the Art and New Music community, Randall has collaborated with award-winning artists including poets Jill McDonough and Matthew Hittinger and sculptor Robert MacNeil. He has served in leadership roles with Accessible Contemporary Music and is one of the founders of the Chicago Composers Orchestra. Randall also works as a computer programmer, and is a pianist and performer of traditional Japanese music on shamisen and taiko.
Website: www.randallwest.com
Here is sample of some of his own compositions
Large Ensemble
Elements (2009) --- orchestra
Vocal
Blackwater – Songs to the Poetry of Jill McDonough (2010) --- soprano voice, piano quartet
A Test of Who We Are (2009) --- tenor voice, piano
Electroacoustic, Film, Mixed Media, and Experimental
Road from Supai (2009) --- electronic playback
G.M. film score (2009) --- chamber ensemble, film
Innocenti Strings cincinnati Pictures
Performing at Amy and Brian's Wedding ceremony
The Bell Event Centre. Cincinnati OH
June 6, 2010
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Innocenti String Trio Chicago
Performing at Lauren & Jason's wedding ceremony
Champaign University of Illinois Arboretum
May 22, 2010
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Innocenti Strings LLC produce richer, more continous live music experiences. We're available in Chicago. Wedding ceremony music and live entertainment for background music or for the reception providing string quartets, harp, piano, singer, flute...visit our website for audio samples, pricing and booking details:www.InnocentiQuartet.com
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Innocenti Strings DC/MD
The Innocenti Strings LLC performing at Amy & Erik wedding ceremony
Rockville, Md. May 29, 2010
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expressive family photos
If you are looking for washington dc wedding musicians as well as baltimore ceremony musicians, Washington DC ceremony music and Baltimore string quartet, please visit our website for details.
Innocenti Strings Minneapolis
The Innocenti Strings LLC
performing at Rachel & Dan wedding ceremony
Como Conservatory. St. Paul, MN
June 4, 2010
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Innocenti Strings Chicago Pictures
Wilder Mansion. Elmhurst IL
March 26, 2010
Here are some selections the quartet performed that day
Villa Lobos
Viva la Vida
Pavane
Winter(four seasons)
Sarabande Cello Suite #3 Bach
Ashokan Farewell
Yawny at Apocalypse
All you need is love
The Prayer
Brandenburg Concerto
Ave Maria
Bittersweet Symphony
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
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Innocenti Strings Los AngelesPictures
Performing during Misty and Kirk wedding ceremony
Westlake Village Inn, westlake village, CA
May 15, 2010
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Atmosphere
Upbeat, Fun, happy
Prelude Music
Love walked in on me & I got rhythm-gershwin
Entrance of Parents
Someone to Watch Over Me- Gershwin
Bridal Party
Canon in D
Bridal entrance
Up (pixar)
Cocktail Music Selections
Beatles,
Purple Haze,
Stairway to Heaven,
Paul Simon,
Elvis
When I'm 64
visit our audio samples page at:
Innocenti Strings Cincinnati Pictures
performing at Jennifer & Joshua wedding Celebration
Immanuel United Methodist Church, Lakeside Park, Ky
March 17, 2010
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Music selection performed during the ceremony
Bittersweet Symphony
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Canon in D
You Raise Me Up
Wedding March
Canon in D
You Raise Me Up
Wedding March
Viva La Vida
Audio Samples online at
www.Innocentiquartet.com/audio.html
Innocenti Strings San Diego Pictures
Jiin & Allen wedding ceremony
Carmel Mountain Ranch Country Club San Diego CA
March 27 2010
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Innocenti Strings Nashville
Innocenti Strings LLC Website has a new page for future bride in
Nashville Tennessee.
If you are looking for Nashville Wedding musicians, Nashville String Quartet, Nashville Ceremony Musicians, please visit our website.
Recently appointed Innocenti Strings Principal Music coordinator in Nashville:
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Michael O'Gieblyn:
An accomplished violinist, violist, and versatile musician, Michael O'Gieblyn adroitly navigates across musical genres including classical, Broadway, fiddle, and pop music. He performed in the world premiere of the Broadway musical The Glorious Ones, playing solo violin and mandolin, and on the soundtrack to the 2006 MGM motion picture Home of the Brave.
An avid chamber musician, he was recently featured on two newly released CD’s by Paul Luc and Christina Chirumbolo.
Mr. O’Gieblyn participated in international summer festivals in Montpellier, France; Beverly Hills, CA; and Pilsen, Czech Republic, and received the “Marylin and Ray Gindroz Prize” to study in Europe.
He holds a degree with honors in violin performance from Carnegie Mellon University where he studied with Cyrus Forough. Mr. O’Gieblyn has performed with the Erie Philharmonic, McKeesport Symphony, and the Österreich Vienna Classic Philharmonic's 2010 tour
Monday, May 3, 2010
Featured Artist in SanDiego
LAUREN'S PERSONAL BIOMs. Mindoro’s passion for the music started at the age of 10 when she was chosen to be part of the Emmy-Award winning Disney’s Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra. She was one of 72 children chosen among 800 children auditioning across the United States and Canada. She held the position with the orchestra for 3 years and subsequently became the principal violist of this orchestra when she was 12. She pursued her love for the violin until she earned the opportunity to attend top ranking music conservatories in college. Among the conservatories she attended were the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York where she was the recipient of the Howard Hansen Scholarship and later graduated with her Bachelor’s degree from New York City, an alumnus of the Manhattan School of Music where she was principal second violinist of the Manhattan School Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Mindoro graduated with honors from her Master’s Degree in Violin Performance from the Thornton School of Music at University of Southern California where for the past two years she was the recipient of a Merit Scholarship.
Ms. Mindoro has performed in Copley Symphony Hall, the California Center for the Arts, the Eastman Theater, Hollywood Bowl and the Walt Disney Hall and has shared the stage with world class musicians. She has been a featured soloist for the following orchestras: The San Diego Young Artists Symphony Orchestra, the International Philharmonia of Tijuana, Mexico and the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra.
She has won the Martin Rackin Foundation Scholarship of the Young Musicians Foundation of Los Angeles, California, the first place award for the 2002 La Jolla Young Artists competition and the first place Grossmont Women’s Scholarship awards for both 2002 and 2008. She has also won first place in the American String Teacher’s Association competition in 2001 and 2002 and first place in the Rancho Bernardo Chorale Scholarship Competition in 2002. Most recently, Ms. Mindoro won the USC String’s Department Award.
Ms. Mindoro is also an accomplished pianist. She has won several competitions in San Diego and was the pianist for 3 choirs. She continued taking piano during her years in Conservatory. Today, she performs and teaches piano in the San Diego area.
Her teachers include Michael Gaisler, Hernan Constantino, Abram Shtern, Zvi Zeitlin, Laurie Smukler, Lyndon Taylor, Margaret Batjer, and Hagai Shaham.
Currently, Ms. Mindoro is freelancing on both violin and piano in the Southern California area (North County San Diego). She is available for events such as parties and weddings and is also available to do recitals and concerts. Ms. Mindoro is also available for private lessons in the San Diego, CA area.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Minneapolis Wedding Ceremony Music String Quartet
Innocenti Strings LLC is proud to have the Mill City String Quartet among its roster of talented musicians comprised of Angela Hanson, Erika Hoogeveen, Huldah Niles, and Jeffrey Erbland. The four professional Twin Cities musicians are dedicated to excellence in performance and education.
The quartet was founded in Minneapolis/St. Paul during the fall of 2007. Their goal was to rehearse regularly, studying and performing the major works in the classical repertoire. During the first two years, the quartet played at schools, churches, weddings, and other special events, establishing their presence in the Cities. In the summer of 2008, a concert and master class was given at Monticello high school, which was very well received. The quartet has plans to return to this venue.
June 2009 marked the culmination of two years' work and the first full recital for the group. The event came off as a huge success, thanks to regular coachings from cellist and artistic director of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association, Tom Rosenberg. It was noted by many that the group played with precision and musicality.
The ensemble is embarking on a new chapter of its existence, redefining themselves as a prominent chamber group in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and working towards the goal of performing multiple recitals in 2010.
Angela Waterman-Hanson completed a doctor of music arts degree in violin performance at the University of Minnesota, where she studied with Sally O'Reilly. Originally from Wheaton, Illinois, Hanson has a bachelor of music degree in violin performance from St. Olaf College, where she studied with Charles Gray, and a master's degree in violin performance also from the University of Minnesota. A member of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra (and concertmaster during the 2006-2007 season), Hanson performs often as a substitute violinist for the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. She was recently named the concertmaster for the Dakota Valley Symphony in Burnsville, and also plays regularly with the Mill City String Quartet and the Minnesota Sinfonia. Hanson has performed with many other groups including the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Josh Groban, Vocal Essence, Kantorei, the South Dakota Symphony, the Wheaton Symphony, and the Chicago Youth Symphony, and has attended the Aspen, Bravo!, and Kent/Blossom Music Festivals. Hanson currently teaches violin lessons in the twin cities area at Bethel University, Grace Free Lutheran Church/Heritage Christian Academy, the Association Free Lutheran Bible School (AFLBS), and at her home in Coon Rapids, where she lives with her husband, Andrew
Erika Hoogeveen received her Master's degree in violin performance and Suzuki pedagogy at the University of Minnesota, studying with Sally O'Reilly. In 2004, she began a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conjunction with her Master's degree, but after a year put her DMA studies on hold with the arrival of her first child. Erika's Bachelor of Arts degree in violin performance was completed at Dordt College in Sioux Center, IA, studying with Rick Lohmann and Margaret Carpenter. As a winner of Young Artist Competitions for the Cherokee Symphony and the South Dakota Symphony, she had the privilege of soloing with both orchestras. She also performed twice as a soloist with the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra. Erika has participated in the Bravo Music Festival and the Northern Lights Music Festival. A founding member of the Mill City String Quartet, she also regularly performs with the South Dakota Symphony. Other groups she has played with include Kantorei, the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra (as associate concertmaster and principal violist), the Sioux City Symphony, and the Cherokee Symphony. Erika has been on the violin faculty of MacPhail Center for the Arts, St. Joseph's School of Music, and Dordt College in Sioux Center, IA. Currently, she teaches private lessons in her home in St. Paul where she resides with her husband and two children
Huldah Niles is an accomplished violinist and violist. Ms. Niles currently plays with the Minnesota Opera Orchestra and as Principal 2nd Violin for the Mankato Symphony. She is also a substitute for the Minnesota Orchestra on both violin and viola. Huldah began her music studies on violin at the age of five at the Preucil School of Music in Iowa City, Iowa with Doris Preucil (William Preucil's mother). Through the Preucil School of music, Huldah traveled to Japan with a group of peers from the Cleveland Institute of Music where they played for Dr. Suzuki at his private residence and for the Prince and Princess of Japan in Tokyo. Ms. Niles received both her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Violin Performance from the University of Minnesota under the tutelage of Sally O'Reilly. She has also studied viola with Thomas Turner, Principal Viola of the Minnesota Orchestra
A native of Fairport, NY, Jeffrey Erbland was privileged to enroll in the Eastman School of Music's college preparatory school in his younger years. After receiving diplomas in both Cello Performance and Music Theory from the school, Mr. Erbland continued on to receive his B.M. in Cello Performance from the Wheaton College Conservatory in Wheaton, IL. He has received instruction from Rochester Philharmonic members Polly Hunsberger and Kathleen Murphy Kemp, along with Linc Smelser of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Tanya Lesinsky Carey. Mr. Erbland's orchestral endeavors have been of both domestic and international natures, taking him to numerous states and seven European countries with various regional and honors symphonies. Jeffrey has performed regularly with the Tulip Chamber Players and the Wheaton Chamber Players, along with various community and church organizations. He has studied chamber music with members of the Ying Quartet and the Chicago Lyric Opera's Sharon Polifrone; he has also participated in master classes with Martin Beaver of the Tokyo String Quartet and Peter Slowik of Oberlin Conservatory. Mr. Erbland plays regularly with the Mill City String Quartet, the Lirica Chamber Ensemble, and is a substitute cellist with the Mankato Symphony Orchestra. He runs a small home teaching studio, and is on faculty at Grace Music Academy in Andover, MN, along with the Linden Hills House of Music.
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