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Byron Wallis Byron Wallis, recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant in Arkansas, is currently violinist with the Cascade String Quartet and co-concertmaster of the Great Falls Symphony. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a Master of Music from Eastman, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin. He studied with Vartan Manoogian, Sylvia Rosenberg, Lorand Fenyves, Margaret Batjer, Heiichiro Lhyama, and Gilles Apap. He was violinist with the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, Symphony and Grand Opera. Summer festivals include the Music Academy of the West, Kneisel Hall, and the Sunriver Music Festival.