Where did you grow up? Sioux Falls, South Dakota Where do you currently live? Scarborough, Maine What instrument(s) do you play? Viola and violin Educational background: Bachelor of Music – University of Minnesota; Master of Music, Violin Performance & Literature – Eastman School of Music Personal Information (family, pets, kids, etc.): Two sons, ages 13 and 7; husband, Robert Lehmann,… Read More

Where did you grow up? Portland, Maine Where do you currently live? South Casco, Maine What instrument do you play? Viola Educational background: Deering High School in Portland class of 1967. Graduated from New England Conservatory of Music and done graduate studies at the University of Colorado in Bolder. Personal Information (family, pets, kids, etc.): Married with two grown children… Read More

Where did you grow up? Houston, TX. Where do you currently live? Jamaica Plain, MA. What instrument do you play? Viola. Educational background: Longy School of Music – Graduate Performance Diploma, 2009; Univ. of Hartford, The Hartt School – Master of Music, 2005; Longy School of Music – Undergraduate Diploma, 2003. Family, Pets, Kids: I live in JP with my… Read More

Willine Thoe was raised in Hong Kong and started her musical career studying piano with her mother at the age of three.  Beginning violin at six and viola at eleven, she attended the highly selective Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts Junior Division and attained the LTCL Performance Diploma from the Trinity College London (UK)… Read More

Laurie Kennedy has been principal violist with the Portland Symphony Orchestra since 1981. She was the featured soloist in Berlioz Harold in Italy  for the opening of the newly renovated Merrill Auditorium. Other solo appearances include William Schuman Concerto on Old English Rounds, Hindemith  Der Schwanendreher, Bloch Suite Hebraique  and Mozart Sinfonia Concertante  with violinist/conductor,… Read More

Where did you grow up?  Rainham, a small town in Kent, England. Where do you currently live?  Wakefield, Massachusetts. What instruments do you play?  Violin and Piano. Educational background:  Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, England from 1984 to 1986 (the equivalent of my junior and senior years in an American high school); Royal Northern… Read More

Where did you grow up?  Massachusetts. Where do you currently live?  Cumberland Foreside, ME. What instruments do you play?  Violin. Educational background:  BS Music Education Ithaca College. Family, Pets, Kids:  Husband, member of Portland String Quartet, two daughters, a step daughter and step son. After our long lived beagle died this fall we are left with… Read More

Where did you grow up? Livermore, CA Where do you currently live? Yarmouth, ME What instrument(s) do you play? Violin, Viola, and Piano to accompany my students Educational background: Stanford University, BA 1997 in Music, Science and Technology with a double concentration in composition and violin performance. Fulbright Fellowship to Ankara Turkey 1997-1999. Studied Turkish Folk Music and performed… Read More

Where did you grow up? Long Island, NY Where do you currently live? Portland, ME What instrument do you play? Violin Educational background: BA from SUNY Albany; Suzuki Teacher Training Personal Information (family, pets, kids, etc.): Married to Richard Noyes, cellist; three children, Benjamin Noyes, cellist, recitalist and Suzuki teacher; Rachel Noyes, violinist, chamber musician and Suzuki teacher; Joel Noyes,… Read More

Where did you grow up?  Dayton, Ohio. Where do you currently live?  Lisbon, Maine. What instruments do you play?  Violin, Viola. Educational background:  Arizona State University, Bachelor of Music, Violin Performance 1991; Boston University, Master of Music, Violin Performance, 1994. Family, Pets, Kids:  I have a daughter. Her name is Lily Watras. She plays the viola. How did you… Read More