| David Perry is an excellent teacher. Very soft spoken. He is much sought after and I am not surprised his studio is small. He is a member of the Pro Arte Quartet who are artists in residence at UW so he performs quite a bit with them. I also believe he coaches quite a bit of chamber music.
UW has a strong music program. We know an number of excellent conservatory caliber violinists who are currently attending. A good friend of ours studied with Tyrone Grieve and is now doing his MM at Rice. While Grieve is not as well known as Perry, he is an excellent teacher as well.
My biggest gripe with the UW strings program is that do have any orchestra repertoire classes. Many other programs required orch. rep. to graduate. Students who do not have the opportunity to study the major orchestra repertoire are going to be at a distinct disadvantage if they decide to do orchestra auditions.
Overall, the playing level of the strings department is not at the level of the major programs, but it is strong nonetheless. | 
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