Bringing magic to the evening was Jesse Ceci seen here playing a ballad with his consortium of string players dubbed the Jesse Ceci String Quartet. Ceci's credentials span the classical music world. He is a graduate of the Julliard School of Music where he debuted at Alice Tully Hall at New York's Lincoln Center. Jesse has played with every major symphony under the direction of every major conductor in the world including Leonard Bernstein. In 1975, he left the Boston Symphony Orchestra to become concertmaster for the Denver Symphony Orchestra where he remained until he retired in 1993. Since then, he has appeared worldwide as a guest soloist for many orchestras including the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Japan.