Hometown:

Belleville, IL

Year you joined the Grant Park Music Festival:

1969

Where did you study?

Northwestern University

What do you love most about your instrument?

The way it supports the ensemble both harmonically and rhythmically

What would you be if you were not a musician?

Lawyer

Who is your all-time favorite performer?

Mstislav Rostropovich

If you could sit down and chat with any musical figure (dead or alive) who would it be?

Stravinsky

Hobbies?

Coin collecting and reading U.S. and world history

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