Jonathan Brin (cello), earned a Bachelors of Music at the Eastman School of Music studying with Steven Doane, and while at the school founded the Hyperion String Quartet. As a member of the quartet, he continued schooling at Kent State, the Hartt School, and San Diego State University. The Quartet has held residencies with The Sembrich Opera Museum, Empire State Youth Orchestra, Young Audiences, and New Performing Arts of Kentucky, and has been prize winners at the Coleman, Fischoff, Green Lake, and MTNA competitions. Jonathan is a member of the Vermont Symphony and the Lake Placid Sinfonietta, and is also on faculty at Skidmore College and the College of Saint Rose. In addition, he performs regularly with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.