CARRIE REHKOPF has maintained an active career as performer and teacher. Since 1990 serving as the violin professor in the String Program of the Department of Music at Central Washington University , Ellensburg, her students have received many awards and are immediately employed upon graduation. In 2004 she received the Outstanding College String Teacher award from the Washington ASTA/NSOA chapter. She divides her performing between solo and chamber engagements. In Washington, she has soloed with the Everett, Olympia, Wenatchee and Yakima Symphonies, as well as given the world premiere of Maria Newman's violin concerto, which she subsequently recorded at Capitol Records. Ms. Rehkopf has also performed on chamber music concerts at the Tanglewood, Banff and Norfolk festivals. She served as the Associate Principal of the Honolulu Symphony before pursuing her love of teaching. Ms. Rehkopf has been the director of the Icicle Creek Chamber Music Institute, the Kairos Lyceum, and has also taught at the Evergreen and Marrowstone Music Festivals. She is first violinist of the Kairos String Quartet which is in residence at Central Washington University. She earned her degrees at the University of Michigan with concert violinists Camilla Wicks and Angel Reyes, and studied further in London with David Takeno. In 2000, Ms. Rehkopf founded the Classics in Ellensburg series, a community organization that seeks to integrate the arts into the fabric of everyday life. Ms. Rehkopf and her husband, cellist John Michel are members of the Kairos Quartet, which continues to perform extensively across the United States. They enjoy exploring alternative string styles with their three sons-Alec, Marcus and Luke.