Susan Freier, violin
earned graduate degrees in music from Stanford and the Eastman School of Music, where she was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic. Before joining the Stanford faculty and the Ives Quartet (formerly the Stanford String Quartet) in 1989, she performed with the award-winning Chester Quartet. Ms. Freier is a frequent participant in the Aspen, Telluride, Grand Teton and Newport Music Festivals, and is on the faculty at the Rocky Ridge Music Center. She joined the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players in 1993.