Performer, Educator, and Composer; Adrienne Caravan’s musical life encompasses a wide variety of experiences, and musical expression. At the prestigious Eastman School of Music, she earned the Bachelor’s degree in Music Education as a student of Louis Bergonzi. While completing the Master’s degree in Violin Performance, she studied with a renowned faculty that included Charles Castleman, Camilla Wicks, and Lynn Blakeslee. Additional study of the Suzuki approach provided time with master teachers Ronda Cole, Martha Shackford, Edmund Sprunger, Tom Wermuth, and Linda Fiore.

A career spent in public education, Adrienne currently oversees the string program at J. Michael Lunsford Middle School where she conducts the 7th and 8th grade string ensembles, and has created a hybrid program for beginning strings that combines traditional American educational philosophy with Suzuki instruction. Her program has quickly grown to one of the largest in Loudoun County, Virginia, and has received critical acclaim in district assessment, as well as competitive arenas in and out of Virginia.

An active performer, her musical resume as a violinist includes collaboration with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Johnny Mathis, Wayne Newton, The Gary Sinise Foundation at the Kennedy Center, Kevin Spacey, Clay Johnson, and the Fabulous Equinox Orchestra. She regularly performs with her own piano quartet, The Manassas Ballet Theatre Orchestra, and The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition, she composed the original soundtrack for a documentary film entitled Jurs, Edge of Discovery; a film about sculptor and artist Nancy Jurs.

Adrienne serves as Dean of the Castleman Quartet Program at the State University of New York at Fredonia; a summer program devoted to chamber music.

Drew Robertson began his musical studies at age four on the piano, and began studying viola at age seven. His principal teachers were Leslie VanBecker, principal violist of the Grand Rapids Symphony and Mark Jackobs of the Cleveland Orchestra. He studied viola performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), music therapy at Nazareth College, and Dalcroze Eurythmics at the Eastman School of Music. Drew has performed with the Firelands Symphony Orchestra, Genesee Symphony Orchestra, and numerous other ensembles. He has performed in masterclasses with acclaimed teachers such as Peter Slowik, Yizhak Schotten, Pamela Goldsmith, and Jeffery Irvine. Drew has participated in festivals including the Pilsen Music Festival in the Czech Republic and the renowned Tanglewood Institute. A performing teacher, Drew frequently plays solo recitals, outreach concerts, and chamber concerts.