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First Violinist Krista Buckland Reisner has performed from New York City to New Zealand, and has created mullti-media works for herself involving dance and movement. Principal Second Violin of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra for five years and a member of the Arizona Opera and Santa Fe Opera; she is currently Concertmaster of Opera Boston and the Principal Second Violin of Boston Modern Orchestra Project as well as a tenured member of the Handel and Haydn Society and Boston Baroque period orchestras.

Rohan Gregory, second violinist, has cultivated a wide-ranging expertise in chamber music, new music and world music. He has played with the Apple Hill Chamber Players, the Ancora Ensemble and award-winning Boccherini Ensemble; and was also a founding member of the Arden String Quartet, performing new music concerts in New York, Boston, Amsterdam and St. Petersburg, Russia. On the world music scene, Rohan has toured extensively from Europe to Thailand and India. Locally, Rohan is a member of the Boston Lyric Opera, the New England String Ensemble and Boston Modern Orchestra Project.

After touring the Middle East with the Apple Hill Chamber Players, violist Peter Sulski was asked to become Head of Strings at the Palestinian Conservatory, a position he held for several years, before becoming Principal Violist of the Cyprus Chamber Orchestra. For seven years, he was a member of the London Symphony Orchestra and served on the faculty at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College. Currently, Peter is on faculty at the College of the Holy Cross, Clark University, and University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Chilean cellist Jan Müller-Szeraws made his debut at the age of twelve with the Orquestra Sinfónica de Concepción and has since been active as a soloist on several continents, appearing with the Orquesta Sinfónia de Chile, Markneugraefler Symphonieorchester, and the Balinger Kammerorchester as well as here in the United States. Jan plays regularly with Dinosaur Annex and Boston Musica Viva. Currently Jan is on the faculty of the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. QX is in its third season with The Shakespeare Concerts and is featured on the Albany Records recording Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day.

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The Shakespeare Concerts features music set to the text of the world's pre-eminent dramatist and poet, William Shakespeare.