John Dalley is second violin

Violin

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ist of the Guarneri String Quartet

Guarneri Quartet

The Guarneri Quartet was an American string quartet founded in 1964 at the Marlboro Music School and Festival. During the quartet's early years the members were in residence at Harpur College in upstate New York....

 was born in Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

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, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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, United States

United States

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 and studied with Efrem Zimbalist

Efrem Zimbalist

Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. was one of the world's most prominent concert violinists, as well as a composer, teacher, conductor and a long-time director of the Curtis Institute of Music.-Early life:...

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Dalley has been on the faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

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, a participant at the Marlboro Music Festival, and artist-in-residence at the University of Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Dalley has since played extensively in the United States, Canada

Canada

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, Europe

Europe

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, Japan

Japan

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, Australia

Australia

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 and New Zealand

New Zealand

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 in recital and as soloist with orchestra. He is on the faculty of the University of Maryland

University of Maryland, College Park

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 School of Music. Dalley plays a Nicholas Lupot violin, made in France

France

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in 1810.

John Dalley was a member of the Oberlin String Quartet.