String Faculty
We are fortunate at Mira Mesa High School to have with us a tremendous teach of dedicated string faculty. These incredible musicians and educators join our students each week throughout the year, providing homogenous group instruction to all of our Symphony and Concert Orchestra string players.
Our string faculty roster includes Dr. Batya MacAdam-Somer (violin), Ms. Annabelle Terbetski (viola), Ms. Bing Yan (cello), and Mr. P.J. Cinque (string bass).
We are fortunate at Mira Mesa High School to have with us a tremendous teach of dedicated string faculty. These incredible musicians and educators join our students each week throughout the year, providing homogenous group instruction to all of our Symphony and Concert Orchestra string players.
Our string faculty roster includes Dr. Batya MacAdam-Somer (violin), Ms. Annabelle Terbetski (viola), Ms. Bing Yan (cello), and Mr. P.J. Cinque (string bass).
Batya MacAdam Somer | Violin
Batya MacAdam-Somer grew up within the vibrant musical community of Houston, Texas, where she studied violin with Judy Offman and Fredell Lack. She began her college studies at the Moores School of Music, University of Houston and went on to earn a BA from the Manhattan School of Music in 2005 in the studio of Sylvia Rosenberg. Batya completed her MA at the University of California, San Diego in 2009. She has participated in the Lucerne Festival Academy, Aspen Summer Music Festival, International Festival Institute at Round Top and the Bach Festival of Leipzig, playing under conductors Pierre Boulez, Kurt Masur, Charles Dutoit, and David Robertson. Her involvement with composers and contemporary music has led to work across the country with organizations wasteLAnd, Glottalopticon, wild UP, Red Light, Foundation for Modern Music, TACTUS, and the New Music Collective. She is thrilled to be a member of the G Burns Jug Band and Quartet Nouveau. Batya recently completed her DMA at UCSD, working with János Négyesy.
Annabelle Terbetski | Viola
Annabelle Terbetski is originally from New York and began playing the viola at age 8. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Music Education and Performance from Ithaca College. She received her Master's Degree in Viola Performance from Florida State University, and also received a Master's Degree in Chamber Music from Kent State University. She has played with Sinfonia Gulf Coast, the Tallahassee Symphony, Youngstown Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic and Cabrillo Chamber Orchestra. Annabelle is an avid chamber musician and has been a member of the Escalante String Quartet, Eppes Quartet and the Aidan Quartet. While in San Diego, Annabelle has served as Principal Violist of the Grossmont Symphony Orchestra and has been a member of the Grossmont String Quartet. Currently, Annabelle is performing throughout southern California with Quartet Nouveau and teaching privately.
Bing Yan | Cello
Ms. Yan taught and studied cello performance at the conservatory under her father’s instruction, and after receiving her Bachelor’s degree, she was a assistant cello instructor in Tianjin Conservatory of Music for two years then she immigrated to America, where she received her Master’s of Fine Arts at the United States International University on a full merit scholarship, under the instruction of Thomas Stauffer.
Since continuing her teaching career in the US, Ms. Yan has been persistently and enthusiastically finding the most effective ways to bring out the best in every student. Amongst her students, several hold leading positions in the San Diego Youth Symphony, the Civic Youth Orchestra, the Mainly Mozart Youth Orchestra, the San Diego Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Youth Orchestra, and in their respective school orchestras. Her students have also been accepted to the Eastman School of Music, the University of Cincinnati – Conservatory of Music, Columbia University, Oberlin College & Conservatory, and Boston University.
Since continuing her teaching career in the US, Ms. Yan has been persistently and enthusiastically finding the most effective ways to bring out the best in every student. Amongst her students, several hold leading positions in the San Diego Youth Symphony, the Civic Youth Orchestra, the Mainly Mozart Youth Orchestra, the San Diego Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Youth Orchestra, and in their respective school orchestras. Her students have also been accepted to the Eastman School of Music, the University of Cincinnati – Conservatory of Music, Columbia University, Oberlin College & Conservatory, and Boston University.
P.J. Cinque | String Bass
Mr. Cinque is a bassist in the San Diego Symphony, a position he has held since 2015. Prior to his appointment to the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, he was a member of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and performed regularly with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. As an educator, Mr. Cinque served as the double bass professor at Capital University in Columbus, OH. A native of Long Island, he received his bachelor and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School and his principal teachers include Homer Mensch, Timothy Cobb, Albert Laszlo and Owen Lee. During his studies, Mr. Cinque participated in the Pacific Music Festival and spent three summers at the Aspen Music Festival and School as an orchestral fellowship recipient.
Outside of the classical realm, Mr. Cinque passionately explores other genres of music as half of the bass duo, Low Bros, which has performed in venues across the United States.
* Bio courtesy of the San Diego Symphony *
Outside of the classical realm, Mr. Cinque passionately explores other genres of music as half of the bass duo, Low Bros, which has performed in venues across the United States.
* Bio courtesy of the San Diego Symphony *
