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Florida and the Ohio Chamber Orchestra. She has been a partici pant at summer festivals in Spoleto (Italy), Tanglewood, Blossom, and the National Repertory Orchestra with which she also performed as soloist. Away from music, Amy enjoys photography, fencing, Jane Austen novels and roller-blading. Nancy Agres has been a member of the viola section of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra since 1987. A native of Spokane, Washington, she holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University and also studied for two years at Boston University. Her major teachers include David Dawson, Bernard Zaslav and Roman Totenberg. Before coming to Indianapolis, Ms. Agres played in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and was principal vio list of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her per formances with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, she has been heard often as a chamber musician, principally with the Ronen Chamber Ensemble and the Spring Mill String Quartet. Ms. Agres has represented her col leagues in the Orchestra as a member of the Orchestra Committee, including a term as Chair. She has held several terms as the Orchestra's delegate to the International Congress of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM). She and her husband, Sam, a visual artist and contra bassist, are the parents of one daughter, Kathleen. When not involved in music, Ms. Agres

NC and earned master of music degrees in both viola and piano at Indiana University. His major teachers have included Georges Janzer and Laurie Kennedy on viola and Jorge Boler and Hans Graf on piano. Prior to joining the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra as assistant principal viola in 1981, he was principal violist and soloist for three seasons with the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional, the Costa Rican National Symphony. He was also a member of the string quartet and on the piano faculty at the Costa Rican Universidad Nacional. He is an active chamber musician and in 1981, founded the Scott Chamber Players along with his wife, pianist Sylvia Scott, his brother, cellist Perry Scott and sister-in-law, violinist Lisa Scott. They are the resident chamber ensemble at the Indianapolis Museum ofArt and have recorded on the CRI label. He and Sylvia have two talented sons, a cellist and violinist. Amy Kniffen, Acting Assistant Principal, became a member of the viola section of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in May 1998. Originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina, she earned her undergraduate and Masters degrees from Temple University in Philadelphia, and a professional studies certificate from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her major teachers were Robert Vernon, Emanuel Vardi and Leonard Mogill. Before join ing the ISO, Ms. Kniffen played in the New World Symphony in

enjoys cooking and gardening.

Ruth Critchley Boerner became a member of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1970. The native of Buffalo, NY, attended the College-Conservatory ofMusic of the University of Cincinnati and graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts. Her major teachers included Emile Simonel, Peter Kamnitzer and Scott Nickrenz. While in North Carolina, she played with orches tras in Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Asheville. She and her husband, Symphony con trabassist Henry "Bud" Boerner, are the parents of three children. She enjoys playing chamber music and walking, but admits that much of her time these days is taken up by being "taxi driver" for her children. Stephanie Jong was born in Taiwan and was a scholarship student on violin at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, studying with Lorand Fenyves, and at McGill University in Montreal, under the tutelege of Denise Lutien. She switched to viola in 1997 and earned a Master ofMusic degree from Northern Illinois University where she worked with the Vermeer Quartet. She has also studied with Li-Kuo Chang, associate principal viola of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Lisa Boyko, violist of the Cleveland Orchestra. Before com ing to Indianapolis, Ms. Jong was a member of the Louisville Orchestra and had played in the Illinois Symphony, the Rockford Symphony and the Beloit Janesville

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