Teresa Ling, violin and Wanchi Huang, violin

Teresa Ling, violin, has performed at Garth Newel Music Center since 1998 and serves as resident violinist and Co-Artistic Director. She has served on the faculties of the Washington Conservatory, University of the Pacific, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, University of South Dakota, and Augustana (South Dakota), Northwestern (Iowa) and Dordt Colleges, and has been a member of the Dakota String Quartet, Mariposa Piano Trio, and the Aurelian Trio.

Additionally, she has performed and taught at the Adriatic Chamber Music Festival (Italy), the San Diego Chamber Music Workshop, and the Las Vegas Music Festival. Her awards and prizes include an Artist Fellowship from the South Dakota Arts Council, the Winnifred Small Solo Prize in London, and a Rotary Fellowship resulting in an Advanced Diploma from London’s Royal Academy of Music.

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University and a Master’s degree in Performance from Eastman School of Music. Her teachers have included Paul Kantor, Donald Weilerstein, and Carmel Kaine.

Violinist Wanchi's CD of Eugene Ysaye Sonatas and complete Partitas and Sonatas of J.S. Bach for Solo Violin under the Centaur Records label has been excellently reviewed noting "her incisive technique and an exceptionally rich and beautiful tone." (Phil's Classical Reviews, Audio Video Club of Atlanta)

She is an active performer in chamber music, solo recitals, and as a soloist with orchestras throughout North America and Asia, at venues including Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and numerous music festivals.  Her fourth CD, with music by William Walton and Benjamin Britten in collaboration with pianist Robert Koenig, was released in May, 2019.

She debuted with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as a soloist under Catherine Comet at age 14, earned her Bachelor of Music at The Curtis Institute of Music, her Masters at The Juilliard School, and Doctorate of Music at Indiana University (Bloomington). Currently she is Professor of Violin at the James Madison University School of Music.