John Fadial
is associate professor of violin at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. He has served as concertmaster of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and as associate concertmaster of the Eastern Music Festival and Colorado Music Festival.

Fadial has performed on four continents as a United States Information Service Artistic Ambassador and has appeared at the Smithsonian Museum, The Philips Collection and the Terrace Theater of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Fadial’s performances have been praised by the critics: “Sparkling Technique,” from the L’Est Republicain and “Wow! Great Stuff,” from The Washington Post.

A multiple nominee and recipient of the School of Music Outstanding Teaching Award, Andrew Harley serves as director of accompanying and piano chamber music. He has recently completed a recording of the Sonatas for Piano and Violin of Johannes Brahms.

Andrew Harley
As a performing artist, Harley has given solo and chamber music recitals in Canada, Central America, Europe, Scandinavia and the U.S. Harley has performed in Carnegie Hall and was invited to join the Garth Newel Piano Quartet, with whom he performed approximately 50 concerts each year, according to his biography.

Currently, Harley is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

The Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, a commercial newspaper in Germany, described Harley as “a soloist who understands how to blend within an ensemble with excellence, yet without subjugating himself. Pearls of gold met with a diamond.”