Penny Thompson Kruse,
Professor of Violin
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Students
Mary Solomon with violin.jpg
Malik Khalfani with violin.jpg
Bethany Holt with violin.jpg
Spring 2015 Graduate String Quartet.jpg
Michael van Riper.jpg
BGSU Philharmona 2nd Violin Section Fall 2014.jpg
2014 BGSU Graduate String Quartet.jpg
Ioana, Chi-Yen, and Anita.jpg
Helen Pappas2.jpg
BGSU Philharmona 1st Violin Section Fall 2014.jpg
Anita Chu2.jpg
David Timlin.JPG
Helen Pappas.JPG
Nia Dewberry.JPG
David Timlin and Stephanie Arado.JPG
Chi-Yen, Anita, and Helen.jpg
Sophie Wohl.jpg
Jamie Maginnis.jpg
String Camp with Honors Quartet.jpg
String Camp with my private students.jpg
Union violins.jpg
BGSU Violin Studio Manor House 2014
Eli Thomas.jpg
Sharon Rothstein's students.jpg
Violins at the Union.jpg
Sonya Mandeville.jpg
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Jason De Pue Visit
2013 BGSU Violinists.jpg
BGSU String Camp 2013.jpg
2011 Violin Studio
2013 BGSU Philharmonia Violins
James Lyon Masterclass
with Mike Dandron
BGSU Kruse Violin Studio Spring 2013
Lauren Oberle's Recital.jpg
Toledo Manor House Recital Backstage
Mary Solomon with violin.jpg
Malik Khalfani with violin.jpg
Bethany Holt with violin.jpg
Spring 2015 Graduate String Quartet.jpg
Michael van Riper.jpg
BGSU Philharmona 2nd Violin Section Fall 2014.jpg
2014 BGSU Graduate String Quartet.jpg
Ioana, Chi-Yen, and Anita.jpg
Helen Pappas2.jpg
BGSU Philharmona 1st Violin Section Fall 2014.jpg
Anita Chu2.jpg
David Timlin.JPG
Helen Pappas.JPG
Nia Dewberry.JPG
David Timlin and Stephanie Arado.JPG
Chi-Yen, Anita, and Helen.jpg
Sophie Wohl.jpg
Jamie Maginnis.jpg
String Camp with Honors Quartet.jpg
String Camp with my private students.jpg
Union violins.jpg
BGSU Violin Studio Manor House 2014
Eli Thomas.jpg
Sharon Rothstein's students.jpg
Violins at the Union.jpg
Sonya Mandeville.jpg
100_2966 - Copy.JPG
Jason De Pue Visit
2013 BGSU Violinists.jpg
BGSU String Camp 2013.jpg
2011 Violin Studio
2013 BGSU Philharmonia Violins
James Lyon Masterclass
with Mike Dandron
BGSU Kruse Violin Studio Spring 2013
Lauren Oberle's Recital.jpg
Toledo Manor House Recital Backstage
Performances
Penny & Wanchi 1.jpg
Kruse Duo poster from Puebla, Mexico, August 2015.jpg
Dr. Kruse with the BGSU Philharmonia
Penny playing the Barber Violin Concerto with the BGSU Philharmonia
Piano Trios at PIVA Festival in LA 2014.jpg
Dvorak Bass Quintet wth BGSU String Faculty.jpg
Steve, Penny, & Ellen Botorff in Topeka.JPG
L'Histoire Cast.JPG
Cast of Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat
Penny at NY Le Poisson Rouge.jpg
Penny with giant viol.jpg
Penny, Drs. Liu & Miahky.jpg
Rebecca Clarke
Ferdinand with Geoff Stephenson
Provost Rodney Rodgers and Penny Kruse.JPG
BGSU New Music Concert in New York.jpg
Penny Thompson Kruse.jpg
BGSU Recital
with Robert Satterlee
Vietnam National & Ballet Orchestra
in Hanoi 2004
Kruse Duo performance at Indiana Wesleyan University
Jakarta Performance
at South Africa Viola Congress
International String Quartet
in Hanoi, Vietnam, 2002
2009 BGSU String Camp
Penny with Tom Rosenkranz in Staged Gun Fight
BGSU Halloween Concert 2007
Treble Trouble
Kruse Duo
Romania 2006
Penny & Wanchi 1.jpg
Kruse Duo poster from Puebla, Mexico, August 2015.jpg
Dr. Kruse with the BGSU Philharmonia
Penny playing the Barber Violin Concerto with the BGSU Philharmonia
Piano Trios at PIVA Festival in LA 2014.jpg
Dvorak Bass Quintet wth BGSU String Faculty.jpg
Steve, Penny, & Ellen Botorff in Topeka.JPG
L'Histoire Cast.JPG
Cast of Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat
Penny at NY Le Poisson Rouge.jpg
Penny with giant viol.jpg
Penny, Drs. Liu & Miahky.jpg
Rebecca Clarke
Ferdinand with Geoff Stephenson
Provost Rodney Rodgers and Penny Kruse.JPG
BGSU New Music Concert in New York.jpg
Penny Thompson Kruse.jpg
BGSU Recital
with Robert Satterlee
Vietnam National & Ballet Orchestra
in Hanoi 2004
Kruse Duo performance at Indiana Wesleyan University
Jakarta Performance
at South Africa Viola Congress
International String Quartet
in Hanoi, Vietnam, 2002
2009 BGSU String Camp
Penny with Tom Rosenkranz in Staged Gun Fight
BGSU Halloween Concert 2007
Treble Trouble
Kruse Duo
Romania 2006
Masterclasses
Oberlin Community Music School.jpg
IMG_5692.JPG
Timisoara, Romania Master Class 2009.jpg
Cincinnati master class with Paul Bartel, Eve Warner, and Matthew Daline.jpg
Penny in String Camp master class with Shreyas.jpg
Puebla, Mexico
Oberlin Community Music School
Penny in String Camp Master class.jpg
Romania 2006
Kansas City Orchestra Directors
at ASTA Convention 2006
Penny in Oberlin master class3.jpg
Penny in String camp master class with Warren.jpg
Taiwan 2002
Orchestra Clinic at ASTA Convention
Kansas City 2006
Penny in Oberlin master class4.jpg
Penny in String camp master class with Liam.jpg
Master class with Midori
Oberlin Community Music School.jpg
IMG_5692.JPG
Timisoara, Romania Master Class 2009.jpg
Cincinnati master class with Paul Bartel, Eve Warner, and Matthew Daline.jpg
Penny in String Camp master class with Shreyas.jpg
Puebla, Mexico
Oberlin Community Music School
Penny in String Camp Master class.jpg
Romania 2006
Kansas City Orchestra Directors
at ASTA Convention 2006
Penny in Oberlin master class3.jpg
Penny in String camp master class with Warren.jpg
Taiwan 2002
Orchestra Clinic at ASTA Convention
Kansas City 2006
Penny in Oberlin master class4.jpg
Penny in String camp master class with Liam.jpg
Master class with Midori
Colleagues/Past Students
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Penny with Ken Ticknor and Suzanne Sawyer.jpg
Mendelssohn Octet.jpg
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BGSU String Camp 2010.jpg
Shannon Bolen on Viola page.jpg
Sara Deliberato, Mike Dandron, Kai-wei Chen, Sonya Mandeville, and Ioana Flonta.
Lauren's Recital.jpg
Sara Deliberato with Pam Makara.jpg
Kai-wei+Chen+at+Andrew+Jennings+master+class.jpg
IMG_0813.jpeg
Kai-wei+Chen+and+Melody+in+Area+Seminar.jpg
Penny_and_Tiffany1.jpg
EMF2008_sized.jpg
2005_Private_Studenyd.jpg
Penny_z_Sara_Laderman.jpg
Pennyqks_BGSU_Students_sized.jpg
Lima_Symphony.jpg
Kai-wei Chen and Jacques Israelievitch.jpg
Jessica_Haleywjs_Recital_Sized.jpg
Marcy_Trentacosti_and_Lauren_Tourkow_with_Pennyb_her_parents_and_sister.jpg
Penny_Saul_Rachel_sized.jpg
Shannon,+Sara,+Lauren,+and+Seth+acting+silly.jpg
Sara Deliberato.jpg
Anna Rose Welch.jpg
Vicky Chang, Claire Werling, and Ana Yoder Trio.jpg
Ioana Galu in Bryan Hall.jpg
Lydia Dutciuc.jpg
Dr. Kruse and Kai-wei Chen after Master's Recital.jpg
String Cap with Erin and Morgan.jpg
Lydia Dutciuc with wooden violin.jpg
Mike Dandron and Sara Gibson.jpg
Chamber Music Party at Sharon Rothstein's.jpg
Ioana, Emily Freeman Brown, and Marilyn Shrude in Romania after Premiere.jpg
Penny and Saul in Mexico.jpg
Penny and Mark Wood.jpg
2013 BGSU String Faculty.jpg
Live from FM 91, Oct. 2012
Dr. Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu, Dr. Stephen Miahky, and Dr. Steven Kruse join me to perform on radio for the Live from FM 91 show hosted by Brad Creswell.
Penny Kruse & Saul Rodriguez
Jessica Davis in Japan Orchestra.jpg
Elizabeth Obal.jpg
Jessica Davis.jpg
Tina Bilberry.jpg
Hannah Lawson.jpg
Stephanie Phalp Hill.jpg
Romania 2009.jpg
Jessica Haley.jpg
Bonnie Lin.jpg
Kristen Thiel.jpg
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Katie Quann in her band.jpg
Sara Laderman.jpg
Sarah Rose.jpg
Robert Howell.jpg
Lauren Tourkow.jpg
Dawn Posey.jpg
Marcy Trentacosti.jpg
Cole Dachenhaus.jpg
Bethany Rodabaugh Maltinsky.jpg
John Bauer.jpg
Rebecca Browne Oertli.jpg
Paul Cooper and his daughter.jpg
Aaron Jacobs.jpg
Sheila Santa in Vienna 2013.jpg
2009 BGSU String Faculty Romania Trip.gif
David Douglass and Arne Spohr.jpg
Penny, Arne Spohr, David Douglas, Mary Natvig.jpg
Steve and Penny with BGSU alum Marcy Trentacosti and her husband Mike at Indiana Perdue University at Fort Wayne
BGSU Camp Carnival 2010
Madame Krusatska, Fortune Teller, and Sheik Rosenkranz
Eastern Music Festival
Penny, Bonnie Lin, and Ioana Galu
Penny with teacher Mary Ann Mumm
ASTA Silent Auction
Cassandra wins Ohio Basket
EMF Violin Faculty
ASTA Conference
Laura Kobayashi and Joan Harrison
BGSU 2009 String Camp Faculty
with Guest Jeremy Cohen
Penny with Brian Lewis
at the 2008 Starling/DeLay Violin Symposium at Juilliard
IMG_1377.JPG
Penny with Ken Ticknor and Suzanne Sawyer.jpg
Mendelssohn Octet.jpg
IMG_1007_edited.JPG
BGSU String Camp 2010.jpg
Shannon Bolen on Viola page.jpg
Sara Deliberato, Mike Dandron, Kai-wei Chen, Sonya Mandeville, and Ioana Flonta.
Lauren's Recital.jpg
Sara Deliberato with Pam Makara.jpg
Kai-wei+Chen+at+Andrew+Jennings+master+class.jpg
IMG_0813.jpeg
Kai-wei+Chen+and+Melody+in+Area+Seminar.jpg
Penny_and_Tiffany1.jpg
EMF2008_sized.jpg
2005_Private_Studenyd.jpg
Penny_z_Sara_Laderman.jpg
Pennyqks_BGSU_Students_sized.jpg
Lima_Symphony.jpg
Kai-wei Chen and Jacques Israelievitch.jpg
Jessica_Haleywjs_Recital_Sized.jpg
Marcy_Trentacosti_and_Lauren_Tourkow_with_Pennyb_her_parents_and_sister.jpg
Penny_Saul_Rachel_sized.jpg
Shannon,+Sara,+Lauren,+and+Seth+acting+silly.jpg
Sara Deliberato.jpg
Anna Rose Welch.jpg
Vicky Chang, Claire Werling, and Ana Yoder Trio.jpg
Ioana Galu in Bryan Hall.jpg
Lydia Dutciuc.jpg
Dr. Kruse and Kai-wei Chen after Master's Recital.jpg
String Cap with Erin and Morgan.jpg
Lydia Dutciuc with wooden violin.jpg
Mike Dandron and Sara Gibson.jpg
Chamber Music Party at Sharon Rothstein's.jpg
Ioana, Emily Freeman Brown, and Marilyn Shrude in Romania after Premiere.jpg
Penny and Saul in Mexico.jpg
Penny and Mark Wood.jpg
2013 BGSU String Faculty.jpg
Live from FM 91, Oct. 2012
Dr. Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu, Dr. Stephen Miahky, and Dr. Steven Kruse join me to perform on radio for the Live from FM 91 show hosted by Brad Creswell.
Penny Kruse & Saul Rodriguez
Jessica Davis in Japan Orchestra.jpg
Elizabeth Obal.jpg
Jessica Davis.jpg
Tina Bilberry.jpg
Hannah Lawson.jpg
Stephanie Phalp Hill.jpg
Romania 2009.jpg
Jessica Haley.jpg
Bonnie Lin.jpg
Kristen Thiel.jpg
103_2569 - Copy - Copy.JPG
Katie Quann in her band.jpg
Sara Laderman.jpg
Sarah Rose.jpg
Robert Howell.jpg
Lauren Tourkow.jpg
Dawn Posey.jpg
Marcy Trentacosti.jpg
Cole Dachenhaus.jpg
Bethany Rodabaugh Maltinsky.jpg
John Bauer.jpg
Rebecca Browne Oertli.jpg
Paul Cooper and his daughter.jpg
Aaron Jacobs.jpg
Sheila Santa in Vienna 2013.jpg
2009 BGSU String Faculty Romania Trip.gif
David Douglass and Arne Spohr.jpg
Penny, Arne Spohr, David Douglas, Mary Natvig.jpg
Steve and Penny with BGSU alum Marcy Trentacosti and her husband Mike at Indiana Perdue University at Fort Wayne
BGSU Camp Carnival 2010
Madame Krusatska, Fortune Teller, and Sheik Rosenkranz
Eastern Music Festival
Penny, Bonnie Lin, and Ioana Galu
Penny with teacher Mary Ann Mumm
ASTA Silent Auction
Cassandra wins Ohio Basket
EMF Violin Faculty
ASTA Conference
Laura Kobayashi and Joan Harrison
BGSU 2009 String Camp Faculty
with Guest Jeremy Cohen
Penny with Brian Lewis
at the 2008 Starling/DeLay Violin Symposium at Juilliard
String Camp with my private students.jpg