International prize winners and quartet-in-residence at Emory University, the brilliant Vega String Quartet is on the leading edge of the new generation of chamber music ensembles. When the Vega made its Lincoln Center debut in 2001, the New York Times said that their playing “had a kind of clean intoxication to it, pulling the listener along…” and the Los Angeles Times praised their “triumphant L.A. Debut” in 2002. Pianist William Ransom has played recitals throughout the US, Europe and Asia. He is currently the Emerson Professor of Piano and head of the piano faculty at Emory University in Atlanta, founder and artistic director of the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta, and artistic director of the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival.

Young Artist Competition 2009 Winners Katelyn Ridenour, clarinet, and Anna Owens, soprano, perform with the Converse Symphony Orchestra conducted by Siegwart Reichwald.

Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman has taken audiences by storm with playing that combines uncommon brilliance and extraordinary depth. A virtuoso on a par with the violinists of the Golden Age of the 19th and 20th centuries, he appears regularly as soloist with great orchestras throughout the world, and performs frequently in recital with his wife, pianist Angela Yoffe.

Clarinetist Karen Hill joins the Converse Trio (Douglas Weeks, piano, Sarah Johnson, violin, Kenneth Law, cello) to present "Quatour Pour La Fin Du Temps" ("Quartet For The End Of Time") by Olivier Messiaen.