Esfir Ross (Performing March 6, 2010)

ESFIR ROSS was born and grew up in the former Soviet Republic of Moldavia. She has been playing the piano since the age of six and graduated from Kishinev Conservatory with Master degree in Piano Performance. In 1977 she emigrated to Israel, then to Greece, and finally to the USA in 1980, where she currently lives in Oakland, California. She studied at a local college and became a registered dental assistant. In the USA she studied with Karl U. Schnabel in his master-classes for sixteen years. She performed as a soloist and accompanist in Bay Area, Ohio and Israel. In 2007 she was semifinalist in the Fort Worth and Washington D.C.competitions and finalist in Colorado Springs. She has received special prizes for her programming and interpretations of baroque and romantic pieces.

Jenny Oaks Baker (Performing May 22 & 23, 2010)

Jenny Oaks Baker is one of America's most accomplished classical violinists. She began playing the violin at age four, and made her solo debut in 1983 when she was only eight years old. She received her Master of Music degree from the renowned Juilliard School in New York City and her bachelor's degree in violin performance from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

She has performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Library of Congress, and the Kennedy Center, and as a guest soloist with the National Symphony, Jerusalem Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Utah Symphony, Orchestra at Temple Square, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

For seven years Ms. Baker performed as a first violinist in the National Symphony Orchestra before resigning in 2007 to devote more time to her young family. She has released six albums since 1998. They have sold more than 7 5,000 copies, charted on Billboard's classical charts, garnered numerous Pearl Awards from the Faith Centered Music Association and even a Grammy nomination in 2001.

Ms. Baker, her husband Matthew, and their four children reside outside of Washington D.C.