Alan Smith, cello
Professor and associate dean; graduate of the University of Texas; formerly on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, visiting professor of cello at the Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Arizona; winner of several national artist competitions and soloist with the Houston, Shreveport, Abilene (Texas), Midland-Odessa (Texas), Lima and Filharmonica de Jalisco (Mexico) orchestras and others in Denver, Philadelphia, Kansas City and Washington, D.C.; solo recitals throughout the United States including the Phillips Collection and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., represented the United States in a concert cycle of international piano/cello duos sponsored by the Bellas Artes concert series in Mexico City; other performances have included the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto; master classes at La Escuela Nacional de Musica (University of Mexico), Shanghai and Sichuan Conservatories of Music (Peoples Republic of China); cellist with the Colorado Springs, Corpus Christi and North Carolina Symphonies; principal of the Austin Symphony (Texas); judge for The Leonard Rose International Cello Competition; clinician at the National String Workshop (Madison, Wis.), the mid-West International Band and Orchestra Colnference (Chicago, Ill.) guest artist with the Lancaster Festival (Ohio), the Chapel Hill Chamber Music Festival (N.C.) and Chautauqua Institution; tours of Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, the Netherlands, Belgium, Romania and the Peoples Republic of China as cellist of The Guarneri Duo; represented Ohio at Millennium Stage State Days Concert Series at the Kennedy Center and on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; has recorded on the Mutual, Columbia, Access and ASUC labels.

Diana Barker Smith, piano
Pianist Diana Barker Smith received her degrees in piano from the University of Houston and the University of Texas. She also studied at the Aspen Music School with Rosina Lhevinne and has participated in master classes with Gina Bachauer and Darius Milhaud. A member of the piano faculty at Bowling Green State University, she is a winner of the Phi Beta National Young Artist Award and several other competitions. She has also performed at the Kennedy Center, the Phillips Collection, the National Gallery of Art, Sala Chopin in Mexico City, and as a soloist with the Houston Symphony conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Additionally, she has collaborated with such artists as Jean-Pierre Rampal and Andre Navarra. As a member of the Guarneri Duo, she has presented recitals throughout the U.S., Mexico, Taiwan and China. As a chamber musician, she has appeared at the Lancaster (OH) and Chapel Hill (NC) Chamber Music Festivals, National String Workshop (University of WI/Madison) and the Chautauqua Institute (NY).

Vasile Beluska, violin
Professor and coordinator of strings; member of the Class of Jascha Heifetz; graduate of Liceul de Muzica and Conservatural de Muzica in Cluj, Romania, and Southern Methodist University; winner of numerous competitions and awards; chamber music performer throughout the United States and Europe as a member of various ensembles including The International Trio, American Arts Trio, the Mozart Fortepiano Duo and The Guarneri Duo; formerly on the faculties of Liceul de Muzica, University of Northern Iowa and the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point; first violinist of the Chautauqua Faculty String Quartet; visiting professor of violin at the Academy of Music in Cluj and professor of violin at the Chautauqua Institution; recipient of numerous teaching awards; students have been prize winners in young artist competitions with the Minnesota Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, the Cleveland Philharmonic, the Stulberg Auditions and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.