Raising the level of Violin Making
Oberlin Violin Makers Workshop
"... you could not overestimate the contribution that Oberlin has made to my career..."
Robin AitchisonEly, England
"There wasn’t a collegial shoulder that you couldn’t look over to see a different approach to our age old craft... it was like working at the Weisshaar shop when the boss was gone"
Joe GrubaughPetaluma, CA
"... in my mind, if you're a serious violin maker, you need to be here"
Christopher GermainPhilidelphia, PA
"I knew it would be great, but it was even better than that!"
Noemie ViaudAarhus, Denmark
"... when you come back [home] you spend the rest of the year unpacking all the knowledge that you've gained..."
Hugh WithycombeCanberra, Australia
List of Participants
with links to websites where possible
* Makers with no obvious website.

- Robert Arcaro – Hallam, Australia *
- Robin Aitchison – Ely, England
- Scott Albert – San Antonio, TX *
- Aubrey K Alexander – Aurora, IL
- Gregg Alf – Ann Arbor, MI
- Geoffrey Allison – Ocean Shores, WA *
- Gaian Amorim – Cremona, Italy
- Dan Arling – Chanhassen, MN *
- William Atwood – Santa Cruz, CA
- Aaron Aupperle – Germany *
- Meike Aupperle – London, England
- Itzel Avila – Toronto, Canada
- Kari Azure – Raleigh, NC

- Kristin Siegfried Ballenger – Waltham, MA
- Roman Barnas – Andover, MA
- Dorian Barnes – Houston, TX
- Armin Barnett – Seattle, WA *
- Gideon Baumblatt – Berlin, Germany
- Gonzalo Bayolo – Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Kenneth Beckman – Mission, KS
- Rainer Beilharz – Castlemaine, Australia
- Volker Beilharz – Victoria, Australia
- Bertrand Bellin – Offenburg, Germany
- Tim Bergen – Toronto, Canada
- Saskia Bergink – Milan, Italy *
- Thomas Bertrand – Bruxelles, Belgium
- Joshua Beyer – Pittsburgh, PA
- Peter Bingen – Minneapolis, MN
- George Blum – Tucson, AZ
- Marieke Bodart – Cucuron, France
- David Bonsey – New York, NY
- Jacob Brillhart – Central Vermont
- Sam Brouwer – Berlin, Germany *
- Scott Brown – Salt Lake City, UT
- Wolfgang Buchinger – Cremona. Italy
- Lisbeth Nelson Butler – Red Wing, MN

- Scott Shu Kun Cao – Campbell, CA
- Joachim Capela – Anta, Portuagal *
- Andrew Carruthers – Santa Rosa CA
- Maria del Mar Castaño Nogueras – Berlin, Germany*
- Jose Catoira – Galicia, Spain *
- Gencer Cerit – Eskiserher, Turkey *
- Tommaso Chiesa – Milano, Italy *
- Koo Young Chung – Chicago, IL *
- Julian Cossmann Cooke – Austin, Texas
- Jonathan Cooper – Portland, ME
- Alan Copeland – Livermore, CA
- Marco Coppiardi – Milano, Italy
- Álvaro Corrochano – Milano, ITALY
- Steve Cournoyer – Windham, ME
- Emilio Crabbé – Paris, France *
- Tom Croen – Eugene, OR
- Paul Crowley – Maplewood, NJ
- Joseph Curtin – Ann Arbor, MI

- John Dailey – Boston, MA *
- Evan Loewenstein-Davenport – Albuquerque, NM *
- Trevor Davis – Austin, TX
- François Denis – Angers, France
- Charline Dequincey – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- William Desquiens – Paris, France *
- Heather Deyette – Northern Minnesota
- John Dilworth – West London, England
- Andrew Dipper – Minneapolis, MN
- Michele Dobner – Cremona, Italy
- Hildegard Dodel – Cremona, Italy
- Camille Dolibeau – Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Julian Döring – London, UK *
- Gabor Draskoczy – London, UK
- Mike Dunham – Brevard, NC
- Christopher Dungey – Grand Junction, CO
- Michael Doran – Duvall, WA
- Brice Dupin de Saint Cyr – New Rochelle, NY
- Erick Durham – Portland, OR *

- Simon Eberl – Lübeck, Germany
- Rock Eggen – Denver, CO *
- Rebecca Elliott – Evanston, IL*
- Ryan Fini – Albuquerque, NM
- Michael Fischer- Los Angeles, CA
- Kate Flanders – Providence, RI *
- Ron Fletcher – Yonkers, NY
- David Folland – Northfield, MN
- Monica Fortin – Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Mathieu Fourrier – *
- Maximilian Franke – Darmstadt, Germany *

- Collin Gallahue – Virginia *
- Fabienne Gauchet – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Christopher Germain – Philadelphia, PA
- Stefano Gibertoni – Milano, Italy
- Nicolas Gilles – Montpellier, France
- Daniel Gillespie – Chicago, IL
- Marinos Glitsos – St. Paul MN
- Todd Goldenberg – North Berwick, ME
- Peter Goodfellow – Easy Kempsey, NSW Australia *
- David Goodrich – Boulder, CO
- Kae Sato-Goodsell – Melbourne, Australia
- Robert Gordon III – Belsano, PA
- Damon Grey – Cincinnati, OH *
- Mira Gruszow – Berlin, Germany
- Joe Grubaugh – Petaluma, CA
- Xiaodong Guan – Stratford, Ontario, Canada
- David Gusset – Eugene, OR

- Jennifer Halenar – Nashville, TN
- Andreas Hampel – Hamburg, Germany
- Guy Harrison – Ottawa, Canada
- Jeffrey Haas – Albany, NY*
- Bruce Harvie – Olga, WA
- Boris Haug – Suhr, Switzerland
- Martina Hawe – Penzberg, Germany
- Dirk Henry – Omaha, NE
- Justin Hess – Philadelphia, PA
- Mark Hollinger – Missoula, MT
- Ulrich Hinsberger – Ringschnait, Germany
- Eugene Holtier – North Ridgeville, OH *
- Camille Hommel – Marseille, France
- Andreas Hudelmayer – London, England
- Philip Ihle – London, England
- Ryosuke Ito – Cremona, Italy

- Christopher Jacoby – Takoma Park, MD *
- Feng Jiang – Ann Arbor, MI
- Shan Jiang – Cedar Grove, NJ
- Julia Jostes – Lübeck, Germany
- Nele Julch – Munich, Germany
- Emily Kellerman – Minneapolis, MN
- Kevin Kelly – Boston, MA
- Maarten De Keukeleire – Ghent, Belgium *
- Oded Kishony – Barboursville, VA
- Michael Kocher- Saint Louis, MO
- Adam Korman – Tel Aviv, Israel *
- Alina Kostina – Seattle, WA
- Petio Kostov – Mundelein, IL
- Felix Krafft – Berlin-Zehlendorf, Germany
- Gudrun Kremeier – Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Krzysztof Krupa – Poznan, Poland
- Gabrielle Kundert – Oro Valley, AZ

- Markus Laine – New York, NY
- Tony Lane – Petaluma, CA
- Douglas Lay – Minneapolis, MN *
- Ines Lecherq – London, UK *
- Garth P. Lee – Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Jaeln Lee – Boston, MA *
- Silvio Levaggi – Cremona, Italy
- Kolja Lochmann – Freiburg-Wiehre, Germany
- Stephen Lohmann – Fair Oaks, CA *
- Johann Lotter – Toronto, Ontario , Canada *

- Bas Maas – Amsterdam, Nederland
- Duncan MacDonald – Seattle, WA
- Ian McWilliams – Brandenburg, Germany
- Harry Mairson – Brookline, MA *
- Stefano Marcolini *
- Theo Marks – Weesp, The Netherlands
- Steven McCann – Grand Rapids, MI *
- Charles McCook – Johnson City, TN *
- Georg Meiwes – Salt Lake City, UT *
- Rodney Miller – Sonoma, CA
- Eduard Bosque Miñana – Barcelona, Spain *
- Chasha Mindlin – Lake Sherwood, CA
- Pierre Moisy – Philadelphia, PA *
- Philip Monical – New York, NY *
- John Montgomery – Raleigh, NC
- Francis Morris – Great Barrington, MA
- Sally Mullikin – Alpharetta, GA

- Hajato Nagaishi – Cremona, Italy *
- Valerio Nalin – Milano, Italy
- Antoine Nedelec – Chicago, IL *
- Howard Needham – Silver Spring, MD
- Jarkko Niemi – Helsinki, Finland
- Matt Noykos – Grand Rapids, MI
- Geoffrey Ovington – Shushan, NY*

- Younsun Pahlke – Regensburg, Germany *
- Olivia Pelling – Ottawa, Canada
- Marko Pennanen – Turku, Finland
- Klarissa Petti – Albuquerque, NM
- Jeff Phillips – Chicago, IL
- Norman Pickering – Southhampton, NY *
- Hans Pluhar – Salzburg, Austria
- Melina Polizzi – London, UK *
- David Polstein – Greater Boston Area, MA
- David Prentice – Flesherton, ON, Canada
- Luca Primon – Milan, Italy
- Stephen Quinney – Toronto, Canada

- Ralph Rabin – Madison, WI *
- Guy Rabut – New York, NY
- Alkis Rappas – Kingwood, TX *
- David Rattray – London, England
- Frank Ravatin – Vannes, France *
- Christopher Reuning – Boston, MA
- Jordan Ripstein – Chicago, IL *
- Cameron Robertson – Atlanta, GA
- Patrick Robin – Les Ponts de Cé, France
- Jeffrey Robinson – Flagstaff, AZ
- Joe Robson – Trumansburg, NY
- Steve Rossow – St. Paul, MN
- Ben Ruth – Swampscott, MA
- Andrew Ryan – Providence, RI

- Anna Sandys – Portland, OR
- Julia Sarano – Hampstead, London, UK
- Mark Schnurr – Flesherton, ON, Canada
- Raymond Schryer – Richards Landing, ON, Canada
- Martin Schwalb – Vienna, Austria
- Bill Scott – Minneapolis, MN
- Elisa Scrollavezza – Parma, Italy
- Heiko Seifert – Plauen, Germany
- Gino Sfarra – L’Aquila, Italy
- Carla Shapreau – Berkeley , CA
- Stephen Sherman – Ann Arbor, MI *
- John Simmers – Red Hill, Queensland, Australia
- Steve Sirr – Minneapolis, MN*
- Theodore F. Skreko – Carmel, IN
- William Sloan – Los Angeles, CA *
- Philip Soltis – Northfield, MN
- Ryan Soltis – Sagle, ID
- Rachel Spitz-Becker – New York, NY
- Paul Spencer – Salt Lake City, UT *
- Jason Starkie – Seattle, WA
- Gianmaria Stelzer – Zurich, Switzerland/Trento, Italy
- Damián Stoppani, Argentina
- George Stoppani – Newton Heath, Manchester UK
- Jean Strick – Bruxelles, Belgium*
- Ken Sullivan – Rochester, NY
- Corey Swan – Providence, RI *
- Dave Swanson – Hillsborough, NC

- Zach Taylor – Vermont *
- Raphaël Thirion – Allex, France *
- John Thorell – Philadelphia, PA
- Joe Thrift – Elkin, NC
- James Thornton – Wausaukee, WI *
- Chen Ting – Xicheng District China *
- Alexander Tulchinsky – Riverside, CT
- Colin Tulloch – Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK
- Guillaume Turgeon – Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Chris Ulbricht – Indianapolis, IN

- IJmkje van der Werf – Ely, England
- David Van Zandt – Portland, OR
- Dario Vettori – Firenze, Italy
- Sofia Vettori – Firenze, Italy/Carmel, IN
- Noemie Viaud – Aarhus, Denmark
- Jason Viseltear – New York, NY
- Olivier Voisin – Allex, France *
- Stephan von Baehr – Paris, France
- Jacob von der Lippe – Oslo, Norway
- Matthias von Wallbrunn – Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany

- John Waddle – St Paul, MN
- Xavier Walger – Toulouse, France
- Marilyn Wallin – Lincoln, NE
- Mark Weber – Sandpoint, ID
- Peter Westerlund – Västerås, Sweden
- Christopher White – West Roxbury, MA
- Kurt Widenhouse – Belmont, NC
- David Wiebe – Woodstock, NY
- Isabelle Wilbaux – Montréal, Canada
- Lawrence Wilke – Clinton, CT
- Alex Wilson – Salt Lake City, UT
- Hugh Withycombe – Braddon Act, Australia

- Shinichiro Yoshikai – Greensboro, NC *
- John Young – Salt Lake City, UT
- Eunbyul Stella Yoo – Minneapolis, MN *
- Robert Young – London, UK
- George Yu – Louisville, KY
- Ute Zahn – Minneapolis, MN
- Andrea Zanre – Parma, Italy
- Ludovico Zanni – Cremona, Italy *
- Sam Zygmuntowicz – Brooklyn, NY *
