Stephanie is in her 11th year of violin playing and still playing strong. Since elementary school, she has been seen in many different orchestras and ensembles. Not only did she participate in her school orchestras, but she also has performed for several volunteer events including playing for nursing homes, hospitals, and charity banquets. She even performed a jazz solo in Russia where all the girls in the Encore Quartet traveled with their high school orchestra to play.

What Stephanie says about playing with the Encore Quartet...

"Getting to do what I love with the girls I’ve grown up with is a dream come true."

Stephanie Dangelser,

violinist

Gina Mazzucco, violist

Gina has been exposed to the musical world since she was just five years of age when she started learning the piano. Now in her 14th year of piano playing, she has not only become an accomplished pianist, but a phenomenal violin and viola player as well. She began learning the violin in the 4th grade and after six years of playing the violin, she switched to viola in her high school years. She has participated in her high school's top orchestras and continues to perform at her church and in various events around the valley.

Traci began playing the cello in elementary school and is now in her 12th year of playing. She has served as the principal cellist in many competitive orchestras and ensembles in Arizona including all-state and regional orchestras, her top high school orchestra, and Mesa Community College's orchestra. She also performs in various gigs and concerts throughout the valley.

Traci Owens, cellist