Dallas Symphony since 1994. Soloist with Dallas Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Long Bay Symphony, Columbia Symphony, and alumni soloist for the 75th Anniversary of the Portland Youth Philharmonic. In 2004 she performed the Barber Violin Concerto with the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra on a tour of Eastern Europe. As a chamber musician, Ms. Schleuning has performed at Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall, the Museum of Modern Art, Merkin Hall, and concerts with Villa Musica in Germany. She is a member of the Grammy-nominated Voices of Change and the Walden Piano Quartet, and has recorded with both ensembles. Bowdoin International Music Festival faculty since 1993 and has also performed at Music in the Mountains, Idyllwild Arts, and the Skaneateles Festival. Studied with Josef Gingold at Indiana University where she was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate; with Yfrah Neaman in London as a recipient of the Dame Myra Hess Foundation Trust; and with Joel Smirnoff at the Juilliard School where she received her Master’s degree. Ms. Schleuning will perform on the 2011-2012 Bancroft Family Concerts.
 

Jolyon Pegis was born in Rochester, NY. He attended Indiana University and the University of Hartford studying with Gary Hoffman and David Wells. Mr. Pegis is a winner of the Artists International Awards in New York City. Jolyon has appeared as soloist with the Kingsport, Chautauqua, San Antonio, Virgir1ia, Maui, and Dallas Symphony orchestras. He made his official New York Recital Debut at Weill Recital Hall in 1990 and has also been a regular performer on the Federal Hall Concert Series, Saint Paul Festival of the Arts, and at Carni Hall. As a performer of new music, Mr. Pegis has commissioned and premiered several works and has worked with such composers as Gunther Schuller, Lukas Foss, and Don Freund. He is an advocate of the music of the late Eric Heckard and has premiered a number of his works including his Concerto for Cello and Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Pegis has served on the faculties of Atlantic Union College, the Hartt School of Music, and the D'Angelo School of Music at Mercyhurst College. He was a member of the Arcadia Trio in conjunction with being a resident artist at the Yellow Barn Music Festival. From 1993-1995 he was the Music Director of the Jamestown Youth Orchestra. Since 1993 he has served as Assistant Principal Cellist of the Chautauqua Symphony and in 1995 joined the San Antonio Symphony as Principal Cello. He was a resident artist at both the Roycroft Chamber Music Festival in Buffalo and the Anchorage Festival of the Arts. He is currently a member of the Dallas Symphony as well as being a member of the contemporary ensemble "Voices of Change" and an adjunct faculty member of SMU. Mr. Pegis will perform on the 2011-2012 Bancroft Family Concerts.
 

Liudmila Georgievskaya graduated in 2001 from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Honors Diploma in piano performance, piano pedagogy, chamber music, and accompaniment. Her piano teachers include Tatiana Galitskaya and Liudmila Roschina, both former students of the legendary pianist and composer Samuil Feinberg. In 2008 she completed a post-graduate course in piano performance at the Santa Cecilia National Music Academy in Rome, Italy, where in three years she gave more than fifty recitals throughout the country. In 2010, after being awarded with Meadows Artistic Scholarship, she received the Artist Certificate under the guidance of pianist Joaquín Achúcarro at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. At SMU she also won the 2009 Concerto Competition and was awarded the Von Mickwitz Prize in Piano. Curently, Liudmila Georgievskaya is on faculty at Southern Methodist University as Adjunct Lecturer in Piano, Chamber Music Coach, and Coordinator of Accompanying. Her recent engagements included Mozart C minor Concerto with the Concert Artists of Baltimore, conducted by Edward Polochick, in November 2010, and among the next ones is a solo recital at the National Theatre of Panama as well as a masterclass in Panama City in March 2011. Ms. Georgievskaya will perform on the 2011-2012 Bancroft Family Concerts.

The Wyeth String Quartet was formed in 2004 when their mutual joy and passion for great quartet literature was unleashed. Comprised of the orchestra's principal string players and formerly known as the Fort Worth Symphony String Quartet, the ensemble changed its name in 2011. Our mission is to bring great string quartet literature to life for audiences both young and old. The new name Wyeth String Quartet was taken from the group's love for the paintings of the Wyeth family of artists and musicians. The Wyeth Sring Quartet will perform on the 2011-2012 Bancroft Family Concerts.