Arturo Estrella

Barbara Long

Barbara Long, violinist and native of California, began her early violin studies with her mother and then continued as a scholarship student of Louis Persinger at the Juilliard School. Upon graduation, while maintaining a very active musical life in New York, she earned two additional degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and subsequently a U.S. Government Fulbright award for study in Cologne with Max Rostal. U.S. State Department tours have taken Ms. Long to 30 countries, including those in the Far East with the Lyrica String Quartet. Her appearances in solo and chamber music recitals in Europe, Mexico, and New York have inspired critical acclaim. Ms. Long was, for a number of years, a member of the Hunter College faculty and concertmaster of the Hunter Symphony. She also worked with the New York City Opera Orchestra for 10 years. At present, Ms. Long performs regularly with the New York Chamber Symphony, New York Pops, Little Orchestra Society, Colonial Symphony, Westchester Philharmonic, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, and the Leonia Chamber Musicians.