Calvin Wiersma (violin), is Associate Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at Ithaca College. He has been on the faculties of the Purchase Conservatory of Music, the Lawrence Conservatory of Music, Florida State University, Brandeis University, and the Longy School of Music, as well as teaching at summer programs including Greenwood and Manchester Music. In addition to his teaching activities, Mr. Wiersma was a founding member of the Meliora Quartet, winner of the Naumburg, Fischoff, Coleman, and Cleveland Quartet competitions, and Quartet-in-Residence of the Spoleto Festivals of the U.S., Italy, and Australia. Additionally, he was a member of the Manhattan String Quartet for 20 years, a founding member of the Figaro Trio, and is a frequent performer with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. A noted interpreter of contemporary music, Mr. Wiersma is a member of Cygnus and the Lochrian Chamber Ensemble, and has appeared with Speculum Musicae, Ensemble 21, Parnassus, Ensemble Sospeso, and the New York New Music Ensemble. He has commissioned countless works with these ensembles as well as for solo violin, has toured extensively with Steve Reich and been featured in solo performances for the International League of Composers of Music.