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Angela is the newest member and
cellist in the Chameleon String Quartet. She is a recent
graduate of SUNY Potsdam, The Crane School of Music,
where she received her bachelor's degree in Music
Education. Angela performed at Carnegie Hall with the
Crane Symphony
Orchestra in 2005. She is currently working towards a
master's
degree in music at Hofstra University.
Angela teaches elementary orchestra to many young
musicians in the
East Islip School District. She occasionally performs
with the Long
Island Chamber Symphony in Glen Cove, N.Y. and has
played with the
North Shore Symphony Orchestra for several years in
the past.

Deb Schaarschmidt is the first
violinist of the Chameleon String Quartet. Deb started
her musical career at California State University at
Stanislaus where she did numerous performances and won a
concerto competition in 1990. She completed her
Bachelors of Arts in Music at SUNY Stonybrook.
Deb currently teaches Elementary
Orchestra and beginning strings at Our Savior New
American School. She has been teaching and playing
professionally for 14 years. She played first violin for
the Sonic String Quartet for 7 years and plays as a
freelance violinist in the area.

Angela Sposato is the Music Chairperson in the
Levitown School District and The Orchestra Director of
the Middle School Orchestra.
In 1989 she was responsible for
piloting a very successful string program at the East
Rockaway School. Angela received her bachelors degree
and her masters degree in music at C.W post. She is an
excellent violinist and held the position of "concert
master" in the C.W post Orchestra.
Angela has played in the West Islip Orchestra, where
she led the violin section and played in the Sonic
String Quartet for seven years. Angela is well respected
as a teacher and a musician and regards playing in a
quartet as her favorite past-time.

A native of Buffalo, New York, Heather Weeks received
her bachelor's degree in education and performance from
Ithaca College and her master's degree from SUNY Stony
Brook. She currently teaches
middle school orchestra in the Middle Country School
District. She regularly performs on viola with the Sound
Symphony Orchestra, and she performs as a freelance
violinist throughout Suffolk County. She also maintains
a private violin and viola studio.
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