Tamsen Beseke – Violinist / Founder
Tamsen is an active soloist, chamber, studio and orchestral musician, performing over 100 concerts a year. She has given several premieres of concertos, chamber music, operatic and orchestral works. Her career includes performances with such notable artists as: Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Zubin Mehta, Henryk Szeryng, Joshua Bell, and Gil Shaham. Tamsen has been concertmaster of the San Luis Obispo Opera Orchestra, Lompoc Pops Orchestra, Crystal Cathedral Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, and West Coast Symphony. She has performed as a regular with the L.A. Opera, New West Symphony, California Philharmonic and South Dakota Symphony for over twenty years. Tamsen has been teaching violin lessons from private to collegiate level for several years.
She is the founding violinist for the Avanti String Quartet who were Artists in Residence at Clemson University and recently toured in Corsicana, Texas performing for over 2,000 students and concert goers. Tamsen invented the violin and viola shoulder rest, “Acoustifoam” which is used by artists around the world.
Tamsen Beseke – Violinist / Founder
Tamsen is an active soloist, chamber, studio and orchestral musician, performing over 100 concerts a year. She has given several premieres of concertos, chamber music, operatic and orchestral works. Her career includes performances with such notable artists as: Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Zubin Mehta, Henryk Szeryng, Joshua Bell, and Gil Shaham. Tamsen has been concertmaster of the San Luis Obispo Opera Orchestra, Lompoc Pops Orchestra, Crystal Cathedral Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, and West Coast Symphony. She has performed as a regular with the L.A. Opera, New West Symphony, California Philharmonic and South Dakota Symphony for over twenty years. Tamsen has been teaching violin lessons from private to collegiate level for several years.
She is the founding violinist for the Avanti String Quartet who were Artists in Residence at Clemson University and recently toured in Corsicana, Texas performing for over 2,000 students and concert goers. Tamsen invented the violin and viola shoulder rest, “Acoustifoam” which is used by artists around the world.