Eric Rau is a deeply devoted musician, experienced as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. He is currently in his postgraduate studies at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music pursuing a Master’s in Music Performance, where he studies with Professor Peter Stumpf. Originally from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Eric started playing the cello at the age of five, and previously studied under Nikola Nino Ruzevic, professor of cello at the University of North Texas, and Dr. Elizabeth Morrow of the University of Texas at Arlington. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance for Cello from UNT.

Eric has been featured as a soloist with the Fort Worth Youth Orchestra, the Fort Worth Civic Orchestra, and the Northeast Orchestra of Tarrant County after winning the organizations’ concerto competitions. Other competition experience includes being a finalist in UNT’s school-wide Concerto Competition, placing second in his category at the Rudolf Matz International String Competition in Croatia, and being a semifinalist in the Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition, also in Croatia. From 2023 to 2025, Eric served as assistant principal in UNT’s Symphony Orchestra, and from 2021 to 2023, he served as co-principal in UNT’s Concert Orchestra. Eric was also an active member of the Kintsugi String Quartet of UNT, a section cellist in the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra, and a former member of the award-winning Helicon Trio. He is currently in the principal pool of IU JSOM orchestras.

Sangsoo Kim earned his B.M. in Piano Performance at Seoul National University in South Korea and his M.M. and Performance Diploma in Piano Performance from Indiana University under Emile Naoumoff, where he worked as an Associate Instructor. He is currently a Doctoral candidate at The University of North Texas with Dr. Pamela Mia Paul, where he has worked as a Teaching Fellow. He serves as a piano instructor at Dallas ISD and staff accompanist at the Lewisville Lake Symphony International Competition. He has been recognized as a 1st prize winner at the Petroff Piano Competition, Texoma Piano Competition, and winner of 13th Texas State International Piano Festival Concerto Competition. He has performed Prokofiev Concerto No. 3 with the Central Texas Philharmonic.