2025 String and Chamber Music Faculty
Danielle Belen
CSS Founder and Artistic Director, Associate Professor of Violin, University of Michigan
Center Stage Strings
Elbert Tsai
Faculty, San Francisco Conservatory Pre-College Academy
Center Stage Strings
Horacio Contreras
Associate Professor of Cello, University of North Texas; Faculty, Music Institute of Chicago
Center Stage Strings
Sang Mee Lee
Director of CSS Chamber Music; String Department Chair, Music Institute of Chicago
Center Stage Strings
Simon James
Professor of Violin, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Center Stage Strings
Fabiola Kim
Assistant Professor of Violin, University of Michigan; Founder, Sounding Point Academy
Center Stage Strings
Kristina Zlatareva
CSS Managing Director; Violin/Viola Faculty, Northwestern Music Academy
Center Stage Strings
Eric Nowlin
CSS Visiting Artist; Prinicipal Violist, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Center Stage Strings
Leo Singer
Faculty Director, University of Michigan Prep Division
Center Stage Strings
Ilana Setapen
CSS Visiting Artist; Associate Concertmaster, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Center Stage Strings
Annie Fullard
Violinist, Cavani String Quartet; Director and Chair of Chamber Music, Peabody Institute and Robert McDuffie Center for Strings
Center Stage Strings
Ryan Meehan
Violinist, Calidore String Quartet; Associate Professor, University of Delaware
Center Stage Strings
Amir Eldan
CSS Visiting Artist; Professor of Cello, University of Michigan
Center Stage Strings
Pei-Ling Lin
Violist, Telegraph Quartet, University of Michigan
Center Stage Strings
Zoie Hightower
Violinist, Violist
Center Stage Strings
