David Halen
Concertmaster
Eloise and Oscar Johnson, Jr. Chair

• Born: Bellevue, Ohio

• Bachelors:  Central Missouri State University

• Masters:  University of Illinois

• Joined in 1991

• Favorite vacation spot: Italy

• Born: Salt Lake City, Utah

• Bachelors:  New England Conservatory

• Joined in 1998

Silvian Iticovici
Second Associate Concertmaster 

• Born: Iasi, Romania

• Bachelors:  Music School in Octav, Bancila

• Masters:  Music Academy in Bucuresti

• Scholarship at International Academy of Chamber Music

• Joined in 1976

• Favorite vacation spot:  New York, Chicago, Los Angeles

• Born: Regensburg, Germany

• Bachelors:  Hochschule fuer Musik Rostock

• Germany Advance Certificate: The Juilliard School

• Joined in 2001

• Favorite vacation spot:  Switzerland

Amy Oshiro
Acting Assistant Concertmaster

• Born: Maryland, USA

• Bachelors:  Oberlin Conservatory

• Artist Diploma:  Oberlin Conservatory

• The Juilliard School (1997-1998)

• Joined in 1998

• Favorite vacation spot:  Anywhere in the Rocky Mountains (CO, WY, ID)

Dana Edson Myers
Justice Joseph H. and Maxine Goldenhersh Chair

• Born: New York City, New York

• Bachelors:  The Juilliard School

• Masters:  The Juilliard School

• Joined in 1980

• Favorite vacation spot:  Acadia National Park, Maine

• Born: Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico

• Education: Mexico City Conservatory,  Indiana University

• Joined in 1976

• Favorite vacation spot:  Mexico City

• Born: Detroit, MI

• Bachelors:  University of Michigan

• Masters: University of Michigan

• Fulbright Scholar

• Joined in 1971

• Born: Litchfield, IL

• Bachelors:  Southern Illinois University

• Joined in 1968

Emily Ho

• Born: Porterville, California

• Bachelors:  Northwestern University

• Graduate:  Rice University

• Joined in 2003

• Favorite vacation spot:  Las Vegas

• Born:  Oak Park, IL

• Bachelors:  Indiana University

• Masters:  Indiana University

• Joined in 1972

• Favorite vacation spot:  Michigan

Angie Smart
Mary and Oliver Langenberg Chair 

• Born: United Kingdom

• Bachelors:  Lamar University

• Masters:  Rice University

• Joined in 1998

• Favorite vacation spot:  Sun Valley, Idaho

Takaoki Sugitani

• Born: Kobe, Japan

• Bachelors:  Curtis Institute of Music

• Joined in 1966

• Favorite vacation spot:  Mechelen, Belgium

Haruka Watanabe
Jane & Whitney Harris Chair

• Born: Tokyo, Japan

• Bachelors:  Tokyo University of Arts

• Masters:  Indiana University

• ASCAP Composer

• Joined in 1968

• Favorite vacation spot:  Too many to list

Shawn Weil
Margaret B. Grigg Chair

• Born: Chicago, Illinois

• Bachelors:  Indiana University

• Performer’s Diploma

• Joined in September of 2003

• Favorite vacation spot:  Italy

• Born: Tokyo, Japan

• Tokyo University of Arts (Masters)
             The Juilliard School of Music

• Joined in 1974

• Favorite vacation spot:  New York City, Aspen CO