Catherine Yates has studied with North Carolina Symphony Associate Principal cellist Elizabeth Beilman since she was five. She has occupied title chairs with the Triangle Youth Philharmonic, Enloe High School Symphony Orchestra, and Duke String School Youth Symphony. She is also an active chamber musician, performing in a piano trio as part of the North Carolina Chamber Music Institute, and in a string quartet with the Duke String School - Ciompi Collaborative string quartet program. She has won first place in concerto competitions with the North Carolina Symphony, Triangle Youth Philharmonic, and Duke String School Youth Symphony; and has performed in master classes with Zuill Bailey, Caroline Shaw, Mimi Zweig, the Eroica Trio, the Verona Quartet, the Borromeo Quartet, and the Aizuri Quartet.
Max Yates studies piano with John Ruggero, and is pianist with Trio Serio, part of the North Carolina Chamber Music Institute. He has performed in master classes with the Eroica Trio, the Borromeo Quartet, and James Ehnes. He is also Principal Violist with the Enloe Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Principal Violist with the Triangle Youth Philharmonic.
