Techne Faculty and Guest Artists

Faculty vary every year; check schedule for faculty in the current year.
Click on the yellow name for more information about each artist.

Exciting News!

Timothy Schwarz was recently appointed as Visiting Professor of Performance at the London College of Music, where he will be teaching from January until June, 2023. We are pleased to announce that Sheila Browne will be Intern Director for the Techne 2023 season. Timothy Schwarz will return as Director for the Techne 2024 season.

Kinan Abou-afach

Syrian cellist and composer;
Classial Arab musician

Charles Abramovic

piano
Faculty: Temple University

Sheila Browne

viola
Faculty: Lynn Conservatory
Techne Music: Interim Artistic Director

Andres Cárdenes

violin
Tchaikovsky Competition Winner
Former Concertmaster: Pittsburgh Symphony

Jonathan Carney

violin
Concertmaster: Baltimore Symphony
Brevard Music Center

Molly Carr

viola
Juilliard String Quartet
Faculty: Juilliard School of Music and Manhattan School of Music

Andres Díaz

cello
Faculty: SMU (Dallas)
Naumburg Competition Gold Medal Winner

Roberto Díaz

viola
President: Curtis Institute of Music
Former Principal Violist: Philadelphia Orchestra
Diaz Trio

Jennifer Frautschi

violin
Faculty: Stony Brook University

Juliette Kang

violin
First Associate Concertmaster: Philadelphia Orchestra
Gold Medal Winner: Indianapolis Competition

Bayla Keyes

violin
Faculty: Boston University

David Kim

violin
Concertmaster: Philadelphia Orchestra

Thomas Kraines

cello
Composer (chamber music)
Daedalus Quartet

Diane Monroe

classical and jazz violin
Composer/arranger
Former member, Uptown Quartet

Todd Phillips

violin
Orion Quartet
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Carol Rodland

viola
Faculty: Juilliard School of Music

Domenic Salerni

violin
Attacca Quartet

Timothy Schwarz

violin and viola
Techne Music: Director and Founder
Anglo-American Duo
Visiting Professor of Performance: London College of Music
Faculty: Rowan University

Lawrence Stomberg

cello
Faculty: University of Delaware

Steven Tenenbom

viola
Orion Quartet
Faculty: Curtis Institute
and the Juilliard School of Music

Diego Villamil

violin
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Ariel Weiss-Holyst

Alexander Technique
Faculty: Curtis Institute of Music

Peter Winograd

violin
First Violin: American String Quartet
Violin Faculty: Manhattan School of Music