Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio joined the Argenta Trio in the fall of 2007. She is Assistant Professor of Violin and Viola at the University of Nevada at Reno and concertmaster of the San Antonio Symphony. In 1996, she founded the Cactus Pear Music Festival, where she serves as Artistic Director. Her chamber music performances are frequently aired on NPR's Performance Today and she has produced three CDs. Ms. Sant’Ambrogio studied with and was the graduate assistant to Donald Weilerstein at The Eastman School of Music, where she received her Master of Music degree. Previously she received her Bachelor of Music degree with distinction from Indiana University as a scholarship student of James Buswell and Laurence Shapiro.