The Rutenberg Chamber Music Series presents special guest violist, James Dunham of the 

Cleveland Quartet and Axelrod Quartet, in a collaborative performance with USF Resident Artists and 

faculty. James Dunham is James Dunham's rich background includes having been violist of the 

Grammy- winning Cleveland Quartet and founding violist of the Naumburg Award-winning Sequoia 

Quartet. He frequently collaborates with the American, Jupiter, Pacifica and Takács Quartets, and is 

violist of the Axelrod Quartet, in residence at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. He is 

Professor of Viola at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music where he co-directs the Master of 



Music in String Quartet program.