1st Violin.  Leslie Scarlett is currently pursuing a music degree at the University of Michigan School of Music. She began studying the violin 15 years ago, beginning in the Suzuki Method of music which lead her to numerous performances and other music-making all over the metro-Detroit area. She joined the Four Seasons Quartet two years ago and loves the opportunity to share music with so many people. Leslie plans to graduate in 2005 with a B.M. in music education.

 

2nd Violin.  Amy Benson has played the violin for 20 years.  She grew up playing in the Detroit Metropolitan Youth Symphony, and later studied the violin at Brigham Young University.  Amy has performed with Lauren Charbinaux, violinist, and Leslie Bluhm, harpist, of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.  Amy created and managed a string quartet while in college, and its success led her to her current role as manager of The Four Seasons String Quartet.  She also currently teaches violin lessons.

 

Viola.  Bethany Snow has been an avid violist since the 4th grade.  She is the 1st chair violist in the Metropolitan Youth Symphony.  She has studied the viola at the internationally acclaimed Interlochen School for the Performing Arts, where she also sat 1st chair.  Bethany currently studies the viola under Glen Mellow, member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

 

Cello. Nathan Jasinski has a bachelor's in cello performance from Brigham Young University, he has a masters of cello performance at Arizona State University, and he is currently working on a cello doctorate program at the University of Michigan.