Taiwanese-American violinist Solomon Liang enjoys sharing his passion for music as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral performer. As a soloist, he has performed with New Valley Symphony, Antelope Valley Symphony, Pasadena Orchestra, Brentwood Symphony, Cole Conservatory Symphony and most recently, CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra and Cleveland Institute of Music Chamber Orchestra. In 2011, Solomon performed in Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall as the first prize winner of Alexander & Buono International String Competition. In March 2013, Mr. Liang was invited to give a recital and master class at the Cole Conservatory of Music as part of the Conservatory’s Alumni Series.
Solomon joined the Judson String Quartet in 2013. Prior to JSQ, he was first violinist and founding member of Thalia String Quartet. TSQ studied with Brentano, Tokyo, Keller, Artis, St. Lawrence and Emerson Quartets in Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and Banff Centre 2013, as well as Robert Mann and American Quartet at Robert Mann String Quartet Institute in NYC. A strong advocate of community outreach, Solomon and TSQ presented 22 outreach performances as the Quartet in Residence for Banff’s 11th International String Quartet Competition. This summer, he will be attending Itzhak Perlman’s Chamber Music Workshop, and serve as Quartet in Residence with Judson String Quartet at Interlochen Arts Camp.
Equally active in the orchestral scene, Solomon is the principal second violinist of Canton Symphony Orchestra and assistant concertmaster of CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra. He was a member of Schleswig Holstein Music Festival in 2012, where he served as concertmaster under Christoph Eschenbach at Salzburg Festival in Vienna.
Solomon's major teachers include Stephen Rose, Syoko Aki, Linda Rose, Peter Salaff and Cavani String Quartet. He earned degrees in violin performance from Yale School of Music, Cole Conservatory, and most recently the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he was awarded Dr. Bennett Levine Memorial Award in Chamber Music. In his free time, Solomon enjoys playing table tennis and basketball, and watching movies
Audrey Sproule, from Lafleche, Saskatchewan, Canada is enrolled in the Master of Music program at the Cleveland Institute of Music as violin student of Ivan Zenaty. Ms. Sproule has performed with Erie Philharmonic, Regina Symphony Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra and McGill University Symphony Orchestra. A winner of the TD Canada Trust Scholarship for Outstanding Community Leadership and the National Millenium Award, Ms. Sproule continues to make community leadership through chamber music performance in unconventional settings an active part of her career. She has performed in master classes with Yehonatan Berick, Mark Fewer, Laurence Kayaleh and Michael Frischenschlager.
An active and versatile performer, Rainey Weber is the violist and a founding member of the Judson String Quartet. She performs often with orchestras and chamber ensembles and also records occasionally with Houston based pop/rock/country artists. Passionate about teaching and sharing music with underserved audiences, Ms. Weber has collaborated extensively on the development of educational outreach concerts for preschoolers, elementary school students, middle school students, and adults. She maintains a diverse private studio.
Ms. Weber has been a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and at the Aspen Music Festival and School, where she served as a mentor for the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra. She is an alumna of the Mimir Chamber Music Festival, the Texas Music Festival, the National Orchestral Institute, Domaine Forget’s string masterclass sessions, and Encore School for Strings. Most recently, she has joined the Judson Quartet in Michigan, where they are the Quartet-in-Residence at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp.
Beginning her musical studies with piano lessons at age five, she quickly discovered her calling was viola. She attended the High School for Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas, while studying privately with Wayne Brooks. In 2007, she made her national radio debut on “From the Top,” distributed by National Public Radio, as part of a quartet chosen to play with Mark O’Connor on a special Texas broadcast. Weber graduated magna cum laude from Rice University, under the study of Professor James Dunham, where she was a two-time recipient of the Sviatoslav Richter Outreach Grant to fund an interactive, community based concert series tailored for retirement and assisted living facilities. She completed her master’s degree in viola performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Lynne Ramsey. She has had additional studies with Jeff Irvine, Steve Wyrczynski, Karen Ritscher, and Sheldon Person. Weber plays on a modern viola by Minneapolis based luthier William Bartruff. When not playing music, she enjoys gourmet cooking and playing with her cats, Mabel and Chuy.
Cellist Meghan Carey, from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, is an avid chamber musician, orchestral player, and teacher. Carey is a founding member of the Judson String Quartet, a Cleveland-based group that places an emphasis on community outreach performances. Through the development of the Judson String Quartet, Ms. Carey has worked closely with members of the Cavani Quartet, as well as Peter Salaff. Previously, Carey was a first prize winner of the MENC Pennsylvania State Chamber Group Competition as a member of the Valens Piano Quartet. Ms. Carey has held positions as Principal Cello of both the Northern Tier Symphony Orchestra and the Altoona Symphony Orchestra, as well as assistant principal positions in the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra and the Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra.
Ms. Carey has attended the Masterclass program at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Eastern Music Festival, the Castleman Quartet Program, and has played with the Penn’s Woods Festival Orchestra. Additionally, Carey has performed in master classes with Steven Isserlis, Raphael Wallfisch, Colin Carr, Andrés Diaz, Lynn Harrell, and David Finckel. She recently received her Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she was a student of Sharon Robinson. She achieved her Bachelor of Music degree in cello performance from the Pennsylvania State University, as a student of Kim Cook, where she was the recipient of the Eleanor Beene Scholarship Prize. In the fall, Carey plans to attend the Florida State University as a candidate for the Doctor of Music degree.
