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SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

VIOLA fACULTY A native of

Don Ehrlich, Assistant Principal Viola

Paul Hersh, former violist and pianist of the Lenox Quartet, stud ied viola with William Primrose. He is a former

Russia, Leonid Gesin studied with A.G. Sosin at Leningrad State Conservatory, where he later served as a

of the San Francisco

Symphony, has been a f requent soloist and chamber

musician in the Bay Area and around the world in such groups as the Aurora String Quartet and Stanford String Quartet, and on such series as Chamber Music West, Chamber Music Sundaes, and the Mendocino Music Festival. He received his B.M. from the Oberlin Conservatory, his M.M. f rom the Manhattan School of Music and his D.M.A from the University of Michigan.

member of the faculty. He per formed for 17 years with the Leningrad State Philharmonic. He also taught viola and violin for five years at the Rimsky Korsakov Special Music School in Leningrad, then emigrated to the U.S. in 1978. Gesin is a member of the San Francisco Symphony and of the Navarro String Quartet. He appears in Chamber Music Sundaes and performs with the Sierra Chamber Society.

faculty member of Grinnell College and SUNY at Binghamton, and has been artist-in-residence and visit ing faculty at the University of California at Davis, Temple University, Oregon State University, University ofWestern Washington, Berkshire Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, and the Spoleto (Italy) Festival ofTwo Worlds. He has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and many other groups.

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Extensive performance opportunities both on campus and around the city. Concerts and recitals are presented at the Conservatory's Hellman Hall nearly every day of the school year. We have a faculty for great music.