Sean Wang, violin Sean Wang is a violinist, conductor, and music historian with a research interest in intercultural music. American Record Guide has called him "a brilliant violinist" whose "quality [of] playing is exceedingly high." Having performed at prominent concert halls, music festivals, and colleges in North America, East Asia, and Europe, he currently serves as Chair of Strings Department at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, where he was also Music Director of the Longy Conservatory Orchestra and Acting Chair of Historical Performance Department. He has worked as Violinist-in-Residence with the Guild of Composers in New York City, concertmaster with Grammy-nominated early music group Ars Lyrica Houston, Interim Director of Bach Society Houston, and Founder/Director of New York based East-West Music. He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music (BM, violin), Juilliard School (MM, conducting), and Stanford University (Joint PhD, musicology and humanities). Sean Wang