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.

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