Matthew Daline is assistant professor of viola at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, and enjoys an international career as a chamber musician and viola soloist. He was the top prizewinner at the 1999 Artists International Competition in New York City, which sponsored his debut recital in Carnegie Hall. An avid chamber musician, Daline has performed at numerous international festivals including the Banff Center for the Arts in Canada, the Spoleto Festival in Italy, Verbier Academy in Switzerland, Tanglewood Festival, Music Academy of the West and Sarasota Music Festival.

Joanna Mendoza is the violist of the Arianna String Quartet and Associate Professor of Viola at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Noted for her "lush, sonorous and assertive tone" (NY Stringer Magazine), and "eloquent phrasing" (New York Concert Review), Ms. Mendoza has performed throughout North America, South America, Europe and South Africa.

Praised by the New York Times for her “superior musicianship” is recognized internationally as a leading pedagogue, soloist and chamber musician. She has also served as principal violist of the Houston Grand Opera, the Dallas Opera, American Composers Orchestra and the Brooklyn Philharmonic.