Kerstin Allvin has won numerous awards and competitions
throughout her career as a concert harpist and has performed
across the United States from Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie to
the historic Carmel Mission in California. She has
frequented Japan, performing solo concerts at the prestigious
Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Nogi City Hall, and for Detroit/Toyota
City’s Sister City Association. She holds degrees, honors,
and performance certificates from Indiana University, University
of Michigan, and post-graduate studies with Jaqueline Borot,
Honorary Professor of the Paris Superior
Stacey Pelinka is a member of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and
the Eco Ensemble. She plays principal flute with San Francisco
Opera’s Merola Program productions and second flute with the
Berkeley Symphony, the Santa Rosa Symphony, the San Francisco
Chamber Orchestra, and the Midsummer Mozart Festival. A certified
Feldenkrais Method® practitioner, Stacey teaches Feldenkrais at
the San Francisco Symphony. She attended Cornell University and
the San Francisco Conservatory, where she studied with Timothy
Day.
Kevin Stewart hails from the greater metropolitan area of
Detroit. Upon graduating from the University of Michigan, where
he received a Bachelor of Woodwind Performance degree, Kevin
headed west and settled in the Bay Area, hooking up with the San
Francisco Saxophone Quartet, the Nuclear Whales Saxophone
Orchestra, and most recently the South American jazz group
Quinteto.
Michael Schwagerus, double bass, joined the North State Symphony
in 2001 and continues serving there as principal bassist. During
this time, he has also performed with the Sacramento
Philharmonic, Modesto Symphony, Sacramento Choral Society,
Sacramento Chamber Music Society, and was also principal
bassist for the Townsend Opera.
As full-time music teacher of St. James School in Davis, Michael
enjoys conducting Concert Band and Choir while teaching K–8 music
to the school’s 300 students.
