ROSTER ARTISTS:
Kate Ransom, violin & artistic director
Hal Grossman, Eric Pritchard, violin
Amadi Azikiwe, Luke Fleming, Adelya Shagidullina, viola
Charae Krueger, Jacques-Pierre Malan, Guang Wang, cello
Miles Brown, double bass
Eileen Grycky, flute
John Dee, oboe
Marci Gurnow, clarinet
John David Smith, horn
Augustine Mercante, countertenor
Gina Perregrino, mezzo soprano
Victor Santiago Asuncion, Read Gainsford, piano
Gabriel Benton, harpsichord

Serafin Ensemble, "The Serafins," is a group of internationally acclaimed performing artists devoted to bringing collaborative chamber music performances of unconducted repertoire to audiences in Delaware and The Brandywine Valley. The ensemble performs great masterworks and lesser-known works for an unconducted ensemble of up to eight players, and presents education and community outreach, including a visiting residency at Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington.

The individual roster artists of Serafin Ensemble have been heralded around the globe for concerts and recordings, acclaimed in the press, and have received international prizes and awards. Their impressive affiliations and distinctions include: Steinway artist; Fulbright scholar; performances with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; The Metropolitan Opera; Alexander, Attacca, Ciompi, Oxford, Serafin, and Vega String Quartets; Grammy-winning ensemble "Alarm Will Sound"; Boston Chamber Orchestra, I Musici de Montreal, Del'Arte Wind Quintet; prizes from the London String Quartet Competition and Concert Artists Guild; participation in summer programs such as Aspen, Banff, Brevard, Casals, Chatauqua, Ravinia, Spoleto, and Tanglewood; appearances on NPR's Performance Today, St. Paul Sunday Morning, WQXR, WRTI, Radio France, and National Radio of China; and, degrees from major music schools including Juilliard, Peabody, Yale, Indiana, New England and Boston Conservatories, Royal Academy of Music, Mannes, Michigan, Eastman, and the Longy School.

Serafin's Naxos world premiere recording of works by Jennifer Higdon was listed among the "Top Ten Classical Albums in 2013" in Philadelphia's City Paper. New York Concert Review lauds the Serafin's live performances for "ensemble and intonation ... above reproach," and describes their Debussy as "a shapely, finely conceived account" and their Haydn as having "rhythmic vitality and taut ensemble..."

Serafin Presents is a non-profit organization that supports the performance and education outreach activities that Serafin Ensemble delivers. Serafin concerts feature roster artists, guest collaborators, and repertoire from around the world.

Serafin Ensemble takes its name from master violin maker, Sanctus Serafin, who in 1728 crafted the violin currently played by Serafin founder and artistic director, Kate Ransom.