Violinist Elbert Tsai leads a multifaceted career as a soloist, chamber musician, and sought-after pedagogue. He currently serves on the violin faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory Pre-College as well as Center Stage Strings at the University of Michigan School of Music. Guest faculty appointments include the Oberlin Conservatory and SFCM Collegiate Division. His students have competed at the Menuhin Competition, won awards from the YoungArts Foundation, and are regularly accepted to “From the Top,” Music@Menlo, NYO-USA, NYO2, Bowdoin Festival, Morningside Music Bridge, and Heifetz Institute. Elbert maintains an active performing schedule, his recitals having been featured recently at the Colburn School for the Performing Arts, Three Rivers Performing Arts Institute, and Bridges Hall at Pomona College. Early in his professional career, Elbert won positions with the San Francisco Ballet and San Francisco Symphony orchestras, touring with the symphony throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.  He holds degrees from the University of Southern California, Rice University, and Oberlin College. For more information, please visit www.elberttsai.com.

Dr. Chia-Lin Yang has toured throughout the United States, Canada, and her native Taiwan as a concert pianist and chamber musician. 

Top prizes at the Seattle International Piano Competition and Kingsville Isabel Scionti Solo Piano Competition helped launch a performance career which has included concerts at Benaroya Hall and the Banff Centre’s Rolston Recital Hall as well as a national broadcast on WQXR in Minnesota. Additional competition awards include the National Arts and Letters Competition, WAMSO Young Artist Competition, Camerata Concerto Competition, and Wideman Piano Concerto Competition. She is a recipient of the Hellen von Ammon Fund for Emerging Artists. Dr. Chia-Lin Yang holds both her Doctor’s and Master’s degrees in piano performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music under the tutelage of André Watts and Evelyne Brancart. Chia-Lin was on faculty at Indiana University and West Valley College in Saratoga where she established the acclaimed WVC Young Artist Concert Series. Being enthusiastic about chamber music, Chia-Lin is the founder of the Aristo Trio, the Aristo Duo, the Yang-Shin-Bate Trio, and a member of the Sarasota Chamber Music Festival in Florida. She recently co-founded the Verve Trio with violinist Elbert Tsai and cellist Brady Anderson and they have taken home the Gold Prize from the 2022 Amadeus International Music Awards of Salzburg.

She currently also serves as Lecturer in Piano at UC-Santa Cruz. Visit www.chialinyang.com for more information. 

Cellist Brady Anderson is a highly acclaimed cellist and pedagogue. Brady is the artistic director of the Benicia Chamber Players and Pleasanton Chamber Players. Having performed chamber music extensively, he is the cellist and a founding member of the Verve Trio and was the interim cellist of the Thalea String Quartet. Brady studied chamber music under the guidance of Menahem Pressler, Jorja Fleezanis, Anne Epperson, Atar Arad, Paul Hersh, Ian Swensen, the Pacifica String Quartet, the Juilliard String Quartet, the JACK Quartet, the Miró Quartet, and many others. Brady has recorded with dozens of groups, including Nataly Dawn, Cypress Hill, Jennifer Hudson and can be heard on the Grammy-nominated La Orquesta Sinfonietta album Canto America.Brady has played with the Stockton Symphony, Monterey Symphony, and Fresno Philharmonic, and Indiana orchestras Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, and Columbus Philharmonic. He was principal cellist of the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Berkeley Chamber Orchestra, IU Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, and Summer Philharmonic. Brady has played under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gustavo Dudamel, Marin Alsop, and Jakub Hruša.A dedicated cello teacher, Brady has coached cello sectionals for the Solano County Youth Orchestra, the Berkeley Chamber Orchestra, the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, and the California Youth Symphony, and has been a guest artist in several teaching residencies around the country. Brady teaches cello in his current studio in Dublin. For more information visit:  www.bradyandersoncellist.com.