04/30/2026
Tomorrow, we welcome these four exceptional musicians from the McDuffie Center for Strings to Charleston for a 5-day residency. While here, they will perform two community concerts, one after-school performance for WINGS for Kids, an in-school performance at Hursey Montessori, a Lecture-concert, and coach some of our CMC TWO students.
We will keep them quite busy….but will also be sure they get to experience all the charm and beauty of Charleston 😊.
Meet the musicians:
Violinist Brinson Moore is a current Artist Diploma candidate at the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in music performance from Cairn University. During his time at the Center, he has had the opportunity to perform in masterclasses for Peter Salaff and the Ehnes Quartet, with regular instruction from Annie Fullard and Lawrence Dutton.
Peter O’Malley, cellist, is a student of Hans Jørgen Jensen and Brannon Cho at the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings. He previously studied with Melissa Kraut at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and has performed chamber music with Ani Kavafian, Jaime Laredo, Francisco Fullana, and members of the Escher Quartet.
Violist Anna Stein is a senior at the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University, studying with Victoria Chiang and Rebecca Albers. She is pursuing dual degrees in Viola Performance and Spanish, earning President’s List honors each semester, along with Departmental Honors in Spanish.
Isaac Willocks was the first prize winner of the 2025 RBC Concerto Competition and the 2022 Calgary Youth Orchestra Frank Simpson Concerto Competition, as well as receiving the 2023 Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Marley Rynd Scholarship. He completed his undergraduate degree in June, 2025 at the University of Calgary, and is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the McDuffie Center for Strings.
