After growing up in Osnabrück, Germany, Lena finished a Bachelor in Computer Graphics at the University of Koblenz, Germany in 2004. With the support of a DAAD-scholarship she transferred to the University of Georgia, USA and there she completed a Master in 3D Computer Animation in May 2007. 'A 3D Exploration of Picasso's Guernica' was part of her thesis. Lena loves art and is quite a technical person as well and she is interested in projects that combine those two skill sets. But not only her academic and professional life have led to work like the Guernica animation but also her personal interest in history and politics. Furthermore intercultural learning has always played a major role in Lena’s life; so far she lived for a year in Malaysia, one in Italy and four years in the USA.

Christopher Johns recently completed a Masters degree in cello performance at the University of Georgia, while studying with David Starkweather. He served as a Graduate Assistant Director of the UGA Summer Music Camps, President of the Student Chapter of the American String Teachers Association, and as a cellist in the UGA Symphony and ARCO Chamber Orchestras, which performed in Carnegie Hall November of 2004. Johns began studying cello at the age of four under the instruction of Jennifer Frisina in Charlotte, NC. (...more)

Born in San Jose, California, Matthew Anderson began serious guitar studies as a Presidential Scholar with Mr. John Sutherland at Georgia State University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with Distinction from the School of Music. He then continued studies with John Sutherland at the University of Georgia under the prestigious University-Wide Teaching Assistantship in the areas of guitar and music theory. Matthew has also performed in masterclasses with Paul O’Dette, Matteo Mela, Patrick Lui, and Christopher Parkening. (...more)