Violinist
and violist Steven Zander has performed to critical and audience
acclaim across the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and has collaborated with
some of the world's most celebrated concert artists.
An active
performer, Mr. Zander has been a member of the Madison Symphony, the
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, partnering with distinguished faculty from
UW-Madison and The Juilliard School in the Bach, Dancing, &
Dynamite Society, and performing extensively on radio and in concert
halls nationwide. Mr. Zander has frequently performed with the Houston
Symphony, and was recently featured on a concert celebrating the 30th
anniversary of the Syzegy new music series with former principal
members of the Houston and Boston Symphonies. Mr. Zander is also a
member of the Malibu Coast Chamber Orchestra and a featured solo artist
at the Malibu Coast Music Festival.
In addition to maintaining a
private teaching studio, Mr. Zander was on the violin faculty of the
Edgar Allan Poe Elementary School, a Houston-area arts magnet school,
and has served as a guest instructor at Chelan Valley Suzuki Violins
and the Boston Youth Orchestra's Intensive Community Project.
Mr.
Zander holds a Master's Degree in violin performance from Rice
University's renowned Shepherd School of Music, as well a Bachelor of
Music Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Maia Zander, violin/viola/cello
Maia
Zander is one of the most exciting young talents on the concert scene,
and is one of the United States' most creative pedagogues.
She
has concertized and presented masterclasses throughout Western Europe
and the United States, and is a favorite collaborator with many of
today's finest artists, including pianist Robert Merfeld (of Apple Hill
fame), with whom she presented a concert at Boston University honoring
the 250th birthday of Mozart.
An avid chamber musician, Ms.
Zander has been a member of the Galena, Hunt, Nomis and Cavaletta
String Quartets, performing nationally and internationally on radio and
in concert halls, and additionally presenting outreach programs for the
underprivileged. She has served as concertmaster of the Sierra Chamber
Orchestra, Waltham Philharmonic, Icicle Creek Chamber Orchestra, and
the Boston University Symphony Orchestra on tour at Carnegie Hall and
Boston's Symphony Hall. Ms. Zander is a member of the Malibu Coast
Chamber Orchestra and continues to be a featured solo artist at the
Malibu Coast Music Festival.
An innovative teacher, Ms. Zander
has served as a faculty member of the Suzuki Strings of Madison, the
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra's Intensive Community Project, and the
Brookline Extension School. She is a fully certified Suzuki teacher, a
degree she earned from the prestigious program at the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Ms. Zander finished her doctoral studies at
Boston University in May, 2007.
