Wallace DePue Jr. began studying the violin at the age of five at Bowling Green State University under the instruction of Dr. Paul Makara. Wallace Jr. presented his first violin recital at the age of seven, thus giving birth to "The DePue Family Musicians" in the mid 1970's. In 1980, Wallace Jr. won first place at the Wood County Fair Talent Show. By the mid 1980's, he was winning numerous fiddling contests throughout Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan including the first prize at the Michigan State Fiddling Championship in 1985. Also in 1985, Wallace Jr. sang baritone in a barbershop quartet "Three Lads & Dad" which won first prize in the Johnny Appleseed District Barbershop Quartet Championship.

In the classical music scene, Wallace Jr. was awarded a scholarship to study violin at the Aspen Summer Music Festival in 1986 under the instruction of Kurt Saussmanshaus and Dorothy Delay. The following year, 1987, he studied violin at the Interlochen Summer Music Camp under the instruction of Edward Schmider. Also in 1987, Wallace Jr. won a national youth orchestra audition to appear with the National Youth Symphony Orchestra in New York City which performed in Carnegie Hall under the baton of Joseph Silverstein. He went on to pursue a bachelor's degree in violin performance at Bowling Green State University from 1988-93. In 1995, he received his master's degree from Temple University where he studied violin with Helen Kwalwasser in Philadelphia, PA. In 1995, Wallace Jr. also studied chamber music at the Curtis Institute of Music under the instruction of Orlando Cole.

Wallace Jr. is completing his doctorate degree at the University of Texas under the tutelage of Dr. Eugene Gratovich. Recently, he has also started his own violin dealing business, "Concert Violins", in Austin, Texas.

Wallace's website, ConcertViolins.com, is coming soon!

Alexander DePue has studied classical violin with Dr. Bernard Linden, Dr. Paul Makara, and Camilla Wicks. He attended Bowling Green State University as a violin performance major and, while attending, organized and played in the university's first undergraduate string quartet. Alex won his first major competition at age ten and has continued to win competitions and appear as a guest soloist with orchestras and at festivals nationwide. In 1988, he wont a competition which entitled him to play at Carnegie Hall with the National Guild Youth Orchestra under the direction of Joseph Silverstein. Alex has appeared with the Bowling Green State University Orchestra, the Flity Symphony Orchestra, the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, the Bowling Green Symphony, the Mid-Texas Symphony, the Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony, and the Clermont Philharmonic Ochestra. He has also played at the Batiquitos Music Festival in La Jolla, CA and the Angel Fire Music Festival in NM.

In addition to playing, Alex is also a published composer and arranger of music. At age seven, he and older brother, Wallace, tied for first place in a field of 250 contestants in a composition contest offered by a Toledo Symphony support group. He also won first prize in the National Federation of Music Clubs' national composition contest. He is currently arranging music for the DePue Brothers.

Despite all of his classical training, Alex also has an interest in improvisational music, or fiddling. He became interested in fiddling at age seven and began competing in old-time fiddle contests at the age of twelve. He won numerous trophies and has held the Mid-American, Ohio, and Wood County fiddling champion titles. Alex reigned as the Michegan State Fiddling Champion from 1994-1998; won the first-place trophy at the Walnut Valley National Fiddling Championship in Winfield, Kansas in 1999; and won first place in the Halletsville, TX "Gone to Texas National Fiddling Championship" in 2000. He has been ranked among the top ten fiddlers in the nation at the Grand Masters Fiddling Championship in Nashville, TN. Alex currently tours with Capitol Recording artist Chris Cagle, with whom he regularly appears at the Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Television.

Visit Alex's website: TheFiddler.org

Jason DePue is currently a member of the first violin section of the Philadelphia Orchestra. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, he was concertmaster of the Curtis Orhcestra, the 1999 New York String Seminar, and at the 1999 Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland. Mr. DePue has participated in the La Jolla, 1999 Isaac Stern Workshop at Carnegie Hall, Jerusalmen Music Encounters, Steans Institute at Ravinia, Sarasota, Chautauqua, Encore, and Kingston Music Festivals. In May of 2002, he performed the complete Sonatas and Partitas of JS Bach in Philadelphia. Mr. DePue currently serves on the faculty of the Music Preparatory Division at Temple University.

Violinist Zachary De Pue graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2002. At age 24, he is one of the youngest members of The Philadelphia Orchestra. While at Curtis, Zach studied with Jaime Laredo and Ida Kavafian. In addition, he served as concertmaster of the orchestra for the 2000-2001 season. Before his studies at Curtis, Zach studied at The Cleveland Institute of Music with William Preucil, concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra. Currently, Zach studies with the co-concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra, William dePasquale.

An avid chamber musician, Zach has performed on many of the great stages. As a member of the Grancino String Quartet, he has performed at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, and at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. As a member of the Ornati String Quartet, he has performed on the main stage at Carnegie Hall, and also participated in The La Jolla Chamber Music Festival. He has performed at many of the leading chamber music festivals including Angel Fire, Saratoga, La Jolla, Sarasota and the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshops at both Carnegie Hall, and in Jerusalem, Israel.

Zach's musical interests do not stop there however. Zach carries a passion for improvisation, composing and arranging. Zach has found much of his inspiration for this from his three older brothers whom are all violinists and fiddlers. The four brothers have been developing their own voice. The group, The DePue Brothers, combines the sounds of the classical genre with that of the bluegrass world for a sound that is very unmistakable. Having performed together their entire childhood, the brothers are no strangers to the performance stage, and know that the experiences early on will carry them far as performers and entertainers.

In addition to the group with his brothers, Zach also performs with his trio, Time for Three, which also stakes itself in the improvisational genre.