The Bacchus String Quartet: Bios



			Bacchus blends the unique talents of its four players into a sound so sweet itís been known to conjure up a few wood nymphs.ìEven though our group has been known as Bacchus since 1997, the four members of Bacchus have played together for 15 years in various configurations. Weíve always had way too much fun playing together; we totally connect -- itís almost as if we communicate telepathically. And that gets communicated in our tight sound, in a totally natural blend of timbres. Even people who donít know a lot about music tell us that they can just feel that what theyíre listening to is special. And thatís great to hear, because our goal is to make music that makes people feel good.î -- Nancy Gray, first violin
			Nancy Gray (violin, viola), has a professional résumé thatís longer than her bowing arm and a collection of 16 violins, which sheís played in performances with numerous U.S. and European orchestras and music festivals, including the Colorado Symphony, Denver Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Camerata, Aspen Music Festival, and Grand Teton Music Festival. Sheís even played during a white-water rafting down the Green River. Currently a member of the Boulder Philharmonic, she also runs an active Suzuki studio in Lafayette. Nancy has studied in the U.S., Italy, Germany, and Switzerland and has taught all levels of students.
			Evan Orman (cello), is considered one of the most desired chamber musicians in the area, but he also performs around the country. Evan, who loves to travel, started 1998 with a chamber concert in Maui and will end the year at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. His teachers were Eleanor Schoenfeld, Colin Carr, and Louis Krasner, and he studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts and the New England Conservatory of Music. Heís a consummate bow maker and a great cellist, but his secret love is the viola.
			Gwen Gravagno (violin) moved to Denver from Montana to earn a performance degree at the University of Denverís Lamont School of Music. Sheís played with the Colorado Springs Symphony, Denver Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Ballet Orchestra, Central City Opera, Boulder Philharmonic, and other Colorado ensembles and has been a popular Suzuki teacher for 18 years. Gwen, who enjoys the arts in all their forms, especially loves fashion and ballroom dancing. (Sheís really a nymph in disguise.)
			Ingrid Peoria (violin) picked up a violin at age four. A couple decades later she had picked up a bachelor of music and teaching certificates for Texas and Colorado. She has shared her talents with the El Paso Symphony, El Paso Pro-Musica and Ballet of the Americas, Denver Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Ballet Orchestra, Colorado Springs Symphony, Denver Center for the Performing Arts productions, St. John's Cathedral Festival Orchestra, Central City Opera Orchestra, and Colorado Symphony. In addition to playing with Bacchus, she serves as concertmaster for the Mercury Ensemble chamber orchestra. Twenty years of quartet work have taken her everywhere from a barbecue at a cattle ranch in Chihuahua to a catered lunch on a movie set. Where to next?
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