Strings

Jennifer Caine Provine, violinist, is Associate Concertmaster of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and violinist of the Volta Piano Trio, with whom she has performed extensively throughout the Northwest and abroad, been heard on national radio stations, and recorded three discs on the Con Brio label to critical acclaim. She also performs with the Seattle-based chamber ensemble Kokopelli, and has appeared on several chamber music series and at national and international summer music festivals.

Dr. Jeanne Bourgeois Swanson has been Assistant Concertmaster of the Spokane Symphony Orchestra since 2008.  She has a doctorate in violin performance from the Eastman School of Music, a masters from Northwestern University and an undergraduate degree from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.  Her teachers include Charles Castleman, Almita and Roland Vamos, Kurt Sassmannshaus, Piotr Milewski, Thomas Wermuth and Elmira Darvarova.  Jeanne has previously held orchestral positions with the Syracuse Symphony, Sarasota Opera, Utah Festival Opera, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.

In demand for recordings, solo engagements, and as a leader in local ensembles, Eli Weinberger embraces the uniquely dynamic world of a freelance musician. Since obtaining his Masters and Post Masters performance degrees at McGill University, Eli has performed with a wide variety of internationally acclaimed artists and ensembles from pianist Manahem Pressler to pop group Macklemore, and has appeared on and recorded for television shows, film scores, video games, albums, music videos and commercials. 

British-born cellist Sally Singer Tuttle has given numerous world premiere performances of solo and chamber works in Europe and throughout the United States and performed as a soloist with orchestras with the Pleven Philharmonic, Bulgaria, the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra, New York, the Danbury Symphony, Connecticut and the Walla Walla Symphony, the Wenatchee Valley Symphony and the Icicle Creek Institute Orchestra in the Pacific Northwest, amongst others. She also appeared with her trio with the Washington-Idaho Symphony Orchestra and the St.

Laurel Wells is known for her work on both baroque and modern viola and violin. She has enjoyed an extensive and eclectic musical life, performing in Hong Kong, Norway, Canada, and throughout the United States.  For twenty years she played violin with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, between seasons earning Master’s degrees in violin and viola from Indiana University.  She studied chamber music at the Banff Centre in Canada and performed extensively under the guidance of the Vermeer Quartet.  Laurel was a member of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra, holding the position of principal viola.

Bassist David Brown has been a member of Vancouver's professional music community for thirty years. He has performed with almost all the musical organizations (Masterpiece Music, Curio, Music in the Morning, Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Children's Festival, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Festival Vancouver, Vancouver Jazz Festival, Cantata Singers, UBC Recital Series, Vetta Chamber Music, Turning Point Ensemble, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra) in existence during this time. In addition to live performance David has extensive film and commercial recording experience.

Eileen Swanson serves as principal violist and artistic administrator of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra. She is a member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and on the faculty of Marrowstone Music Festival.

Eileen teaches privately in the Seattle area and directs and performs in the Providence Point Chamber Concert series.

Thane Lewis is Principal Violist of the Tacoma Symphony and Assistant Principal Violist of the Northwest Sinfonietta. He has performed as Assistant Principal Viola of the Boise Philharmonic, and as an extra with the Oregon Symphony, the Anchorage Symphony, the Auburn Symphony, the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, and the 5th Avenue Theater Orchestra.

Mary Sokol Brown is well known in the Vancouver music community as both a performer and teacher. She has been a member of the Vancouver Symphony since 1979 where she holds the fourth chair position in the first violin section.

Mary has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician with many of Vancouver's musical ensembles including the Vancouver Symphony, Vetta Recital series, Vancouver New Music, Music in the Morning and on CBC Radio broadcasts.

In the summers she has taught and performed at the Courtenay, West Coast AMS, and Marrowstone Music Festivals.