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…as a Musician
Free-lance musical activities as violist and violinist – current and recent
Boston Baroque
Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra –
tours throughout the US and Canada; and to Japan, Hong Kong, and Korea
Cantata Singers (principal viola)
Cecilia Society (principal viola; viola d’amore soloist)
Chorus Pro Musica (principal viola; viola d’amore soloist)
Collage New Music –
including performance in Grammy-nominated recording of John Harbison’s Motetti di Montale
in January 2002
Dinosaur Annex New Music Ensemble –
tours to New York, Salzburg, and Amsterdam; recordings on CRI and Northeastern Records.
Emmanuel Music
Ensemble Abendmusik
Handel & Haydn Society – tours to Austria and England
Harvard University Fromm Foundation Concerts
Masterworks Chorale (principal viola)
Musicians of the Old Post Road
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra –
principal viola; soloist in Hindemith Konzertmusik, Op. 48, for viola and chamber orchestra;
Ezra Sims’ Concertpiece for viola and chamber orchestra, which was also recorded for CRI;
and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola, and orchestra
Record Players – chamber ensemble
Spectrum Singers
Vox Trinity Players (concertmaster)
Wellesley Chorus Orchestra (principal viola)
West Concord Players (concertmaster)
Past free-lance musical activities as violist and violinist
Contemporary Music: Alea III, concerts in Boston and tour to Greece; Auros New Music Ensemble; Boston Composers’ Orchestra; Boston Microtonal Society; Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Composers in Red Sneakers; Extension Works; Phantom Arts Ensemble
Chamber Ensemble: Chamber Music at St.Peters, Charlotte, N.C. – several appearances as guest violist; Lydian Quartet, in residence at Brandeis University – several appearances as guest violist; Monadnock Music, NH; Trio Capriccio (clarinet, viola, piano) – founding member, with Chester Brezniak, clarinet, and Elizabeth Skavish, piano
Early Music: Boston Baroque, and the former Banchetto Musicale; Boston Camerata, tour to France; Boston Early Music Festival; Castle Hill Festival, Ipswich, MA; Mannheim Quartet (flute and strings) – founding member, recording on Titanic Records; Musique de Concert; Pepsico Summerfare concerts at SUNY, Purchase; Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra, Washington, D.C.
Orchestral: Back Bay Chorale (principal viola); Boston Ballet; Boston Classical Orchestra; Boston Lyric Opera – performances of Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Boston and New York; Boston Opera Company; Monadnock Music, NH; New Hampshire Symphony; New Haven Symphony; Philharmonia Hungarica – six-week US tour; Springfield Symphony, MA – Assistant Principal Second Violin
Past Teaching Positions
Merrywood Music School, Lenox, MA – violin, viola lessons and chamber music coaching
Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH – violin, viola instructor
University of Massachusetts, Lowell – adjunct faculty, violin and viola
Education
Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, CA – three summers
U.C.L.A. – graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Music
Yale University School of Music – Master of Music degree
Boston University – Doctor of Musical Arts program
…Photography, Painting, Fiber Arts, Jewelry
Exhibits/Awards/Publications| June 12, 2008 – June 12, 2009 | American Juried Art Salon Exhibition (photography – digital montage “Safe Place”) www.artjury.com |
| June 1 - 29, 2008 | Fifth Annual VMRC Juried Art Exhibition Harrisonburg, VA (photography – digital montage “Summer Storm with Double Rainbow”) www.vmrc.org |
| April 20 - June 9, 2008 | “Plant Life” online Juried Exhibition (photography) www.caladangallery.com |
| April 19 - May 23, 2008 | “Urban Ambience” Juried Photography Exhibition “Honorable Mention” award Watson Studio Gallery Johnson City, TX www.watsonstudiogallery.com |
| February 2008 | JKR Memorial Conservation Fund Solo Invitational Photography Exhibit and Benefit Concert Belmont, MA |
| August 1 – September 3, 2007 | Habitat Gallery, Belmont, MA “Beauty in the Details” Solo juried show – photography and painting |
| July 29, 2007 | Boston Globe “Best Bets”, Arts Exhibit “Beauty in the Details”, Habitat Gallery, Belmont, MA |
| April – May 2007 | “Images of Arlington” group show |
| July 2005 – July 2006 | Solo Photography Exhibit Citizen’s Bank, Arlington Heights, MA |
| May – June 2005 | Solo Photography and Painting Exhibit Salon 2323, Cambridge, MA |
| April – May 2005 | “Images of Arlington” show, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA |
| April 2005 | Cambridge Center Studio School, juried Alumni Exhibit, Painting |
| January 2005 | Solo Photography Exhibit Za Restaurant, Arlington, MA |
| Fall 2004 | painting “Creation” published as cover art for Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble’s 30th Anniversary CD set |
| June 2004 | selected as new resident artist of Studio A, Arlington Center for the Arts |
| May 2004 | Grand Prize – “People’s Choice” award (photography) Arlington Center for the Arts “Images of Arlington” Show |
| December 2003 | Photograph of Eastport Strings published in The Quoddy Tides, Eastport, ME; from set of rehearsal photographs taken for Eastport Strings |
| April 2002 | Solo Photography and Painting Exhibit Presented by Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble |
| Fall 2001 | Boston Magazine, photo published in article on Boston’s Emmanuel Music; from set of rehearsal photographs taken for Emmanuel Music |
| October 25, 1998 | Boston Globe feature article – photography exhibit and concerto performance with Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston |
| 1993 – 1995 | member of Christmas Secrets, a seasonal artists’ cooperative in Brookline, MA – fiber arts, greeting cards |
| 1991 – 1995 | member of Clever Hand III, an artists’ cooperative in Sudbury, MA – jewelry, fiber arts |
| March 1993 | Newton Arts Center, Newton, MA, Artwear Fashion Show (juried) |
| 1993 | Colors Gallery, N. Beverly, MA, consignment – fiber arts |
| 1991 – 1993 | member of Artful Attire, a group of Boston-area artists |
| December 1991 | Cambridge Artists’ Cooperative, Cambridge, MA Holiday Ornament Show (juried) |
| October – November 1991 | Cambridge Artists’ Cooperative, Cambridge, MA Autumn Clothing Show: Color and Pattern (juried) |
| May 1985 | “Quilting: New Directions”, juried show Stevens Point, WI |
| April 1985 | American Quilter’s Society, juried show Paducah, KY |
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Other Exhibits and Photography Work
Quebrada Coffeehouse, Arlington and Wellesley, MA
—Solo photography and painting exhibits (juried)
Emmanuel Church, Boston
—Solo photography exhibits
—Publicity rehearsal photographs
SandersTheater, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
—Solo photography exhibits
The Design Center at Harvard, Cambridge, MA
—Solo photography exhibits
New School of Music, Cambridge, MA
—Solo photography exhibit
St. Paul’s Church, Brookline, MA
—Solo photography exhibits
Cone Editions Press, East Topsham, VT
Workshop: “The Complete Digital Workflow”, June 2006
Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA – Intensive Studio Art Program
—Painting courses with Barbara Baum, Sue Miller
Cambridge Center – other courses
—Photography workshop with Skip Schiel
—Polaroid Transfer Workshop
—Color Theory
—Drawing
—Patternmaking (Sewing)
Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN
—Workshop in art quilting and painting
Horizons, The New England Craft Program
—Workshop in glass bead making with Kristina Logan