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GENTRY BUNDLIE IS A VIOLA,  VIOLIN AND BEGINNING PIANO TEACHER IN PLACER COUNTY.  AS WELL AS BEING AN ACTIVE PERFORMER, SHE IS A REGISTERED SUZUKI TEACHER FOR VIOLA AND VIOLIN. 

GENTRY GRADUATED WITH HER MASTERS OF MUSIC IN VIOLA PERFORMANCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBARA AS THE MARTIN KAMEN FELLOWSHIP AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING STRING GRADUATE.  DURING HER TIME THERE, SHE PARTICIPATED IN MASTERCLASSES WITH PHILIP SETZER FROM THE EMERSON STRING QUARTET AND HANK DUTT FROM THE KRONOS QUARTET.

GENTRY RECEIVED HER BACHELORS OF MUSIC FROM WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN VIOLA PERFORMANCE, WHERE SHE WAS SELECTED AS THE OUTSTANDING MUSIC GRADUATE. IN HER STUDIES THERE, SHE ALSO SERVED AS THE PRINCIPAL VIOLIST FOR THE WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (WWU) ORCHESTRA, AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE WWU SCHOLARSHIP STRING QUARTET.

GENTRY HAS PERFORMED IN SYMPHONIES IN WASHINGTON, ALASKA, AND CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS NUMEROUS QUARTETS.  BESIDES HER CLASSICAL PERFORMANCES, GENTRY CAN BE FOUND FIDDLING IN CELTIC GROUPS OR JAMMING WITH ROCK BANDS.  SHE BELIEVES A STRONG GROUNDING IN PROPER TECHNIQUE IS ESSENTIAL AND MAKES LEARNING EASIER WHICH ALL LEADS TO MORE ENJOYMENT AND FUN WHILE PLAYING YOUR INSTRUMENT!