Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio (born July 15, 1960) is an American

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

ist. She is assistant professor of violin and

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at the

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and served as

concertmaster The concertmaster (from the German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (or clarinet in a concert band). After the conductor, the concertmaster is the second-most signifi ...

of the

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from 1994 until 2007, during which time she appeared annually as soloist with the orchestra. Her father is cellist John Sant'Ambrogio.

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