VIOLIN + VIOLA  Sarah Anne-Fried

Sarah-Anne Fried, violinist from Long Island, NY, began studying the violin at the age of 3 with Suzuki teacher Leslie Fayette. She started participating in NYSSMA at the age of 5 for violin, piano, voice and in her later years clarinet. Sarah performed in many string festivals on Long Island including LISFA, All County and Allstate. In the fifth grade, Sarah was accepted into the Mannes Pre-College program where her love for orchestral and chamber ensemble playing blossomed. Now in her fourth year at Purchase College under the instruction of Deborah Buck, Sarah continues to thrive, performing and making music with others as she recently just performed as a soloist with The Purchase Symphony Orchestra. She enjoys being a studio session musician and plans to further her studies in music arranging and film scoring. Sarah also loves teaching and guiding her violin students to be the best they can be while always having fun. Anything is possible when you put your mind to it and you love what you're doing. 

CELLO  Camille Dietrich

 Described as “…demonstrating a facility with a multitude of musical languages” by British avant-garde music magazine The Wire, cellist Camille Dietrich enjoys a rising career as soloist and chamber musician in New York City. As an alumni of contemporary music education program Face the Music and the Face the Music Quartet, she has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Baryshnikov Theater, and toured in Washington DC. She is an active chamber musician and founding member of the Madkoi Quartet, has performed at venues such as Lincoln Center and (RED) Charity Foundation, and was an artist in residence at Bronx Prep. Camille received her Master of Music and  Bachelors in Cello Performance from the Manhattan School of Music while studying with Julia Lichten David Geber, and world- renowned pedagogue Marion Feldman.

PIANO  Yusuke Akasaka