Personal
Hometown: Brookfield, WI (outside of Milwaukee)
Favorite sports: tennis, ping-pong, and most other racket sports
Favorite sports to watch: tennis, soccer, football
Alma Mater: The Juilliard School, BM; Indiana University, MM
Past Teachers: Sally Chisholm, Masao Kawasaki, Yuval Gotlibovich, Mimi Zweig, Nathan Hackett
Favorite musical experience: Performing and touring with the Telegraph Quartet as interim violist. This group is amazing!
Most adventurous moment: Skydiving in Lake Wales, FL, before an afternoon chamber music concert
Craziest appearance: Interview and make-over as classical musician on MTV's "Total Request Live"
Other Television appearances: Fox Wake-up News (Wisconsin) and PBS
Non-musical talent: Rubik's Cube puzzles: pyramid, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4
Interests outside of music: Physics and NASA, Engineering
Current projects: Learning Mandarin Chinese, Raising daughters Lily (pictured) and Maylene