Photograph of a group on a Czechia trip, including Lejing Zhou (front, far left) and Beixi Gao (front, far right), poses with string instruments in a brick room. The front row of people wears dark, warm clothing while the back row of people wears white long-sleeved shirts and dark pants.

Photograph of Bancroft String Quartet members (left-2nd from right) Lejing Zhou, Leah Greenfield, Beixi Gao, and Veronika Vassileva with James Scott (right), Dean of the University of North Texas' College of Music, in Brno, Czech Republic during the International Janáček Festival and Conference.

Photograph of Beixi Gao (back, center) and Lejing Zhou (second from the right) on a Czechia trip, playing string instruments with a group. The musicians play while a group of kneeling people hold sheet music open for them and two other people sit in the room's back right corner to watch. The room the group occupies has a curving roof and brick walls, and contains a cabinet filled with drinking glasses.

Photograph of a Czechia trip, in which Lejing Zhou (center) stands with a group at a dining table laden with food and containers of water. The people on either side of Zhou sit on blanketed seats while eating while the person standing behind the group leans against the room's arching brick walls. At the left end of the room is a barrel with additional drink containers placed on and around it.

Photograph of a man and a woman on a Czechia trip seated at a table laid with cutlery. The man and woman are dressed casually in hoodies and dark pants and sit with their elbow propped up on the table. At the table's center sits a glass vase containing white flowers while the table's cutlery lays tucked into red napkins.

Photograph of a man and a woman on a Czechia trip, sitting at a dining table in a wood-paneled room adorned by a large picture. Folded white napkins and red napkins with cutlery tucked into them and have been placed on the table, surrounding a single red candle sitting at the table's center. The man and woman turn towards the viewer and smile, the woman resting one arm on the table's edge while the man raises one arm above the table.

Photograph of a Czechia trip, six men in matching clothes playing instruments. The group is dressed in long-sleeved white shirts, black pants, and black shoes and stands in a brick-walled room with wine bottles placed on a blanketed table and in a wall niche. The group is primarily playing string instruments, except for one man who plays a clarinet.

Photograph of six people on a Czechia trip seated at tables set with cutlery. The group sits with three people on either side of two tables with folded red and white napkins set around two red candles. At the back of the room are two more people sitting at a table with a single candle and multiple napkins atop it.

Photograph of two women and a man on a Czechia trip, seated at a dining table in a wood-paneled room. The table the group sits at is set with cutlery and folded napkins that've been placed around a glass vase containing a white flower.

Photograph of Bancroft String Quartet members (l-r) Lejing Zhou, Veronika Vassileva, Leah Greenfield, and Beixi Gao in Brno, Czech Republic during the International Janáček Festival and Conference.

Photograph of Bancroft String Quartet members (l-r) Lejing Zhou, Veronika Vassileva, Leah Greenfield, and Beixi Gao in Brno, Czech Republic during the International Janáček Festival and Conference.

Photograph of Beixi Gao (left) and Elizabeth Scott (right) in Brno, Czech Republic during the International Janáček Festival and Conference.

Photograph of a Czechia trip, Beixi Gao (right), Lejing Zhou (center), and a woman holding dishes and a wineglass. The woman at the group's left wears a patterned green cloth wrap and holds a wineglass as she smiles. Gao and Zhou bot wears dark jackets over their shirts and holds empty dishes as they smile. Behind the group, a man stands with his phone to his ear next to a set of bookshelves.

Photograph of five individuals on a trip to Czechia standing in front of a wire structure. The group is dressed warmly and have bags slung over their shoulders. Behind the wire structure the group poses in front of is a pale brick wall with a set of stairs leading up to a set of double doors.

Photograph of five women and three men posing in a hallway while on a Czechia trip. Four of the women wear colorfully patterned cloth wraps over dark dresses while two of the men wear gray suits with ties. The leftmost man, standing behind a woman in a white top, is James Scott.

Photograph of a group on a Czechia trip including Leah Greenfield (front left), Lejing Zhou (front right), and Sara Medkova (back right), leaning down for a photo. The group is mostly dressed in dark clothing except for the woman in the left of the back row holding a wineglass, her shoulders covered by a patterned blue cloth wrap. Behind the group, multiple people stand near a table and chairs.

Photograph of a group of fifteen on a Czechia trip, including James Scott (front, far left), Elizabeth Scott (back, first from the left), Leah Greenfield (front, fifth from the left), Beixi Gao (in front of Leah Greenfield), and Lejing Zhou (kneeling at the far right). The group poses in a courtyard and is dressed in warm clothing including coats, scarves, hats, and pants. The courtyard they occupy has gravel walkways running between swathes of grass and columned walls that are partially painted pink.

Photograph of (l-r) Elizabeth Scott, Lejing Zhou, Leah Greenfield, Beixi Gao, Veronika Vassileva, and James Scott in Brno, Czech Republic during the International Janáček Festival and Conference.

Photograph of Bancroft String Quartet members (left-2nd from right) Lejing Zhou, Leah Greenfield, Beixi Gao, and Veronika Vassileva with James Scott (right), Dean of the University of North Texas' College of Music, in Brno, Czech Republic during the International Janáček Festival and Conference.

Photograph of a Czechia trip, James Scott (right) standing next to a man and a woman. Scott and the man are dressed in suits and ties while the woman wears a white long-sleeved top. The group stands in a pale, windowed room with a light fixture hanging in front of a window and a clock on the wall to the window's left.

Photograph of a Czechia trip, James Scott (right) standing next to a woman. Scott wears a suit and tie and holds a wineglass in one hand while the woman wears a white top and rests one hand on her right arm. The duo stands in a pale, windowed room with a portrait hanging on one wall.

Photograph of a Czechia trip, Jiří Levíček (center) posing with a woman and a man. The woman wears a patterned cloth wrap over a dark dress while the man has a striped jacket over a blue shirt; Levíček wears a dark shirt with a pair of glasses hanging from its front. The group stands in a pale, windowed room with a portrait hanging on one wall.

Photograph of Bancroft String Quartet member Leah Greenfield in Brno, Czech Republic during the International Janáček Festival and Conference. This photograph shows Greenfield holding a glass of wine and a plate of food. Other guests are eating and conversing in the background.

Photograph of Leah Greenfield (left) on a Czechia trip, sitting on a floor next to a woman. The woman holding the wineglass wears a patterned cloth wrap across her shoulders and kneels next to Greenfield. A group of people, some dressed in suits, stand behind the women.