About the Musi­cians 

Vio­lin­ist Nancy Jan has been the Asso­ciate Con­cert­mas­ter of the Bay-Atlantic Sym­phony since 2000. She is an active cham­ber and orches­tral musi­cian in the South Jer­sey and Greater Philadel­phia area. With a Bach­e­lor and Mas­ters of Music Degree from the Juil­liard School, she has per­formed in the Read­ing Sym­phony, Har­ris­burg Sym­phony, Delaware Sym­phony, Cham­ber Orches­tra of Philadel­phia, Opera Com­pany of Philadel­phia, Philly Pops, Orches­tra 2001, Vox Amadeus, and the Salute to Vienna Orchestra.

Ms. Jan is cur­rently a full-time string teacher at Winslow Town­ship Schools Nos. 5 and 6. Many of her stu­dents have been accepted into the All State Youth Orches­tra, South Jer­sey Youth Orches­tra, Rowan Youth Orches­tra, and Philadel­phia Youth Sin­fo­nia. This past spring, she had the oppor­tu­nity to record  two works of music never yet recorded—Robert Rus­sell Bennett’s Water Music (1932), and String Quar­tet (1956) with the mem­bers of Bay-Atlantic Symphony.

Vio­lin­ist Genaro Med­ina began his musi­cal train­ing in his native Venezuela, under the aus­pice of the renowned orches­tral music pro­gram phe­nom­e­non “El Sis­tema.” At age 16, he achieved pro­fes­sional sta­tus and became the youngest mem­ber ever to join the Carabobo State Sym­phony Orches­tra, tour­ing with it as first vio­lin­ist in sev­eral coun­tries. In 1999, Mr. Med­ina came to the United States, com­plet­ing his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Duquesne Uni­ver­sity with under the tute­lage of the world-famous vio­lin­ist, con­duc­tor, and ped­a­gogue Sid­ney Harth, with awards and full scholarships.

Mr. Med­ina has appeared as a soloist with sym­phony orches­tras and cham­ber orches­tras in Venezuela, includ­ing the Carabobo Sym­phony and Carabobo Uni­ver­sity Cham­ber Orches­tras. In the United States, he has per­formed with the Duquesne Uni­ver­sity Sym­phony Orches­tra con­ducted by Sid­ney Harth in Carnegie Hall, in Pitts­burgh, PA .

As a recital­ist, he has been fea­tured in the con­cert series of the Mount Ver­non Uni­tar­ian Church in Alexan­dria, VA, as well as in the PNC Recital Hall in Pitts­burgh, PA. One of Mr. Medina’s per­for­mance high­lights includes the Pitts­burgh pre­miere of Road Movies, for vio­lin and piano, by the Amer­i­can com­poser John Adams, who was present at the per­for­mance. Mr. Med­ina has also per­formed solo recitals and con­certs with the Inter­har­mony Music Fes­ti­val Cham­ber Orches­tra in Ger­many and the Nether­lands. Last year, he was invited to per­form the United States pre­miere of Lacry­mae, for vio­lin solo, by Israeli com­poser Eli Tamar at the North­west Col­lege Music Soci­ety con­fer­ence at the Uni­ver­sity of Idaho. As result of this acclaimed per­for­mance, he was invited to per­form this year at the North­east Col­lege Music Soci­ety con­fer­ence at the State Uni­ver­sity of New York (SUNY) Fredonia.

In addi­tion to per­form­ing in the Bay-Atlantic Sym­phony, Mr. Med­ina has served as con­cert­mas­ter of sev­eral ensem­bles, includ­ing the Duquesne Sym­phony Orches­tra under the

direc­tion of Sid­ney Harth, the Inter­har­mony Cham­ber Orches­tra, and the West Vir­ginia Uni­ver­sity Sym­phony. As an orches­tral player, had the plea­sure of work­ing with world famous artists includ­ing Met­ro­pol­i­tan Opera singer Maria Cor­netti, and world-renowned pianist Yefim Bronf­man. Cur­rently, he is in the final stage of com­plet­ing his Doc­toral stud­ies at West Vir­ginia Uni­ver­sity in Mor­gan­town, WV.

Vio­list Ana Tsi­nadze was born in the USSR and is a grad­u­ate of the Tbil­isi State Con­ser­va­tory and the recip­i­ent of the Doc­tor of Musi­cal Arts degree from Tem­ple University’s Boyer Col­lege of Music and Dance. She has won sev­eral com­pe­ti­tions as a soloist and cham­ber musi­cian, and has per­formed inter­na­tion­ally with many orches­tras, includ­ing the Tbil­isi Phil­har­monic Cham­ber Orches­tra, Geor­gian State Sym­phony Orches­tra, Baton Rouge Sym­phony, Aca­di­ana Sym­phony, Delaware Sym­phony, Allen­town Sym­phony, and Sym­phony in C.

Out­side of clas­si­cal music, Dr. Tsi­nadze has col­lab­o­rated with a num­ber of stars such as Patti LaBelle, Michael Bolton, David Bromberg and the Angel Band, Frank Sina­tra Jr., Luciano Pavarotti, Sting, and oth­ers. She was, sev­eral years, vio­list of the internationally-acclaimed Ser­afin String Quar­tet. In addi­tion to being a prin­ci­pal vio­list of the Bay-Atlantic Sym­phony, she is on the fac­ulty of the Boyer Col­lege of Music and Dance at Tem­ple University.

Cel­list Eliz­a­beth Men­doza received a Bach­e­lor of Music degree in Per­for­mance from the Peabody Insti­tute and a Mas­ter of Music degree from the Cincin­nati College-Conservatory of Music. She was prin­ci­pal cel­list of the Rich­mond (IN) Sym­phony Orches­tra from 1994 to 1996.  From 1997 to 1999, Ms. Men­doza was direc­tor of the cham­ber orches­tra and instru­men­tal cham­ber music pro­grams at the Rudolf Steiner High School of Ann Arbor, MI. While in Michi­gan, she also per­formed with the Ann Arbor Sym­phony, the Flint Sym­phony, and the Michi­gan Opera Theater.

Cur­rently resid­ing in the Philadel­phia area, Ms. Men­doza per­forms with the Bay-Atlantic Sym­phony, the Penn­syl­va­nia Sin­fo­nia, and the Black Pearl Cham­ber Orches­tra, and also teaches privately. An avid cham­ber musi­cian, Ms. Men­doza has been a mem­ber of the Chan­ti­cleer String Quar­tet in Rich­mond, IN for the past 18 summers.