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The
Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra
principal musicians are members of the Performance
Faculty in the McIntire Department of Music at
the University of Virginia. They are supported
through ticket sales, donations to the orchestra's
annual fund and endowment, and the University
of Virginia.
David
Colwell, concertmaster
dac6p@virginia.edu
The Mary Dean Scott Chair
Since his solo debut with the Edmonton Symphony
in 1995 at the age of 14, violinist David Colwell
has performed as a soloist and chamber musician
in Europe, Canada, and the United States, and
has been recorded by the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation.
As a winner of a Johann Strauss Foundation Scholarship
in both 1998 and 1999, David was afforded the
opportunity to study at the Internationale Sommerakademie
Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria with Igor Oistrakh,
Michael Frischenschlager, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
and Igor Ozim. In the summers of 2004 and 2005,
he studied and performed at the Steans Institute
for Young Artists at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago.
In June of 2005, David made his formal Ravinia
Festival debut at the Martin Theater with a performance
of Mozart's Piano Quartet in G minor. As a member of the Mondrian Piano Quartet, David participated in the Banff Centre's Chamber Music Residency in the summer of 2007. Other recent
memorable performances have included chamber music
collaborations with Edgar Meyer, Timothy Eddy, Paul Katz, Barry Shiffman, Henk Guittart, and Ralf
Gothóni.
A native of Alberta, Canada, David received his
first violin lessons from Dr. Elfreda Gleam and
William van der Sloot. After further studies with
Ranald Shean and Edmond Agopian, he began his
undergraduate education in 1997 at the University
of Alberta where he studied with Dr. Martin Riseley.
In September of 2001, he entered the studio of
Peter Oundjian and Ani Kavafian at Yale University
School of Music and was awarded the Master
of Music and Master of Musical Arts degrees in 2003 and 2005 respectively. In 2009 he was awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
from Yale. David is grateful to the Winspear Fund
for its generous support of his studies from 2001-2005.
In 2006 David joined the performance faculty at the University of Virginia where he serves as concertmaster of the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra and first violinist of the Rivanna String Quartet. In addition, he maintains a full studio of violin students and coaches undergraduate chamber ensembles.
David
Sariti, violin
djs6k@virginia.edu
The Robert D. Cross Memorial Chair
UVA faculty member and principal second violinist of the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra since 2005, David Sariti is an active performer, pedagogue, and author. A frequent recitalist, he has recently appeared at West Virginia University, Mary Baldwin College, Virginia Commonwealth University, James Madison University, and at UVA. His activities as a chamber musician include regular concerts with UVA's Rivanna Quartet. Accomplished
also on the Baroque violin, he performs with harpsichordist Bradley Lehman, the Washington Bach Consort, and is featured on the CD Music from Monticello, a recording of works from the collection of Thomas Jefferson.
Mr. Sariti has taught violin and music history
at the Hartt School, and is a coach and clinician
dedicated to the advancement of string
pedagogy. His articles are regularly featured in American
String Teacher, California Music Teacher,
and American Music
Teacher. Sariti completed his doctorate at Hartt
in the Honors Chamber Music program, writing on
"The Austro-German Violin Sonata, c. 1650". He also holds degrees
from the University of Akron and Ithaca College, with election to the National Music Honor Society;
Studies were with Katie Lansdale, Pamela
Gearhart, Pamela Frank and members of the Cleveland
and Miami quartets.
Adam Carter, cello
acc8v@virginia.edu
The Genevieve B. Horween & Marion H. Chase Chair
Cellist Adam Carter joined the faculty of the McIntire Department of Music at the University of Virginia in 2008 where he serves as principal cellist of the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra and teaches cello and chamber music. Before joining the faculty at UVA, Mr. Carter played with the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra in Madison, WI. He has also won positions with the Akron Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, and Cedar Rapids Symphony, and performed with the Erie Philharmonic and Fairfax Symphony. An active teacher, Mr. Carter was adjunct professor of cello and bass at Ripon College in Ripon, WI and taught with the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras in Madison, WI.
Mr. Carter
grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and attended high school at the North Carolina School of the Arts. He received his Bachelors degree and Masters degree with distinction from the Eastman School of Music, and recently received his doctoral degree from the Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison. His principle teachers include Steven Doane, Rosemary Elliot, Robert Marsh, and Uri Vardi.
As a founding member of the Tarab Cello Ensemble, Adam travels the country playing new works for cello octet. This Ensemble was awarded a grant from the Howard Hanson Institute for American Music for its accomplishments in the performance and creation of contemporary American music, a grant from the Foreman Institute for the Creative and Performing Arts, and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. The Ensemble has recorded on Bridge Records and Albany Records. Mr. Carter is a top prizewinner at the 1998 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
Pete
Spaar, bass
ps4a@virginia.edu
The Robert & Ruth Cross Chair
Bassist Peter Spaar holds a Master of Music from
University of North Texas, and a Bachelor of Music
from James Madison University. His former teachers
include Sam Cross, Ed Rainbow, Tom Lederer and
Mark Bernat. Mr. Spaar is the founder and bassist
of the Free Bridge Quintet, UVA's jazz quintet-in-residence.
He is also a member of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to his teaching duties, Mr. Spaar
maintains a very active freelance career as both
a jazz and classical bassist.
Tasha Warren, clarinet
tcd5z@virginia.edu
The Henry Jacob Javor Chair
Tasha Warren, principal clarinet with the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra and faculty member at the University of Virginia, is an avid performer of orchestral, solo, chamber and contemporary music in the US and abroad, having premiered and recorded numerous new works covering a wide spectrum of genres. She has worked closely on performances with composers and conductors including Shulamit Ran, Augusta Read Thomas, Cliff Colnot, and Oliver Knussen. She was named winner of Indiana University's Woodwind Concerto Competition with her performance of Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto in 2006, and in 2007 she premiered Yoomi Paick's Black Lines for solo clarinet and string orchestra. Warren has performed as principal clarinet with the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic since 2004, as well as with the JSOM New Music Ensemble, Midwest Contemporary Consort and chamber ensembles such as Mirabai and MOSAIC (violin, clarinet and piano trio). Festival performances include June in Buffalo, International Clarinet Association, Banff Centre, Scotia Festival, CBC Radio and PBC Korea television. She has recorded with Innova, Alba, and SCI Records, as well as with the I.U. New Music Ensemble, Hal Leonard Productions, and CBC Radio. Her recording of David Dzubay's Clarinet Concerto "American Midlife" with the Slovak Radio Orchestra was released in April of 2005, and she is currently working toward the release of a solo clarinet CD with Crystal Records, "The Naked Clarinet".
She has studied primarily with James Campbell, Eli Eban, and Robert Listokin, and additionally with Wesley Foster, Alfred Prinz, and Howard Klug.
She has performed in masterclasses of some of the great clarinetists of our time, including Richard Stolzman, Gervase dePeyer, John Bruce Yeh, and Michel Arrignon. Her BM, MM, and DM degrees are from I.U. Jacobs School of Music, and her high school studies were completed at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Prior to the University of Virginia, Ms. Warren taught on the faculty of Louisiana State University. She is currently working toward launching Wind and Brass Mentorship and Artist-of-the-Month Programs at I.U. Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, targeting musical enrichment for middle and high school wind and brass players. Ms. Warren's active involvement in the conception of an emerging youth orchestra in Bloomington, Musical Arts Youth Orchestra, began ten years ago, and as an active teacher she holds clinics and masterclasses in arts high schools and universities throughout the mid-west and south.
Ms. Warren is a Selmer-Paris Concert Artist.
Alan
Cox, flute
amc7s@virginia.edu
The Thomas C. & Margaret M. MacAvoy Chair
Flutist Alan Cox joined the faculty of UVA's McIntire
Department of Music in 2004. Mr. Cox currently
serves as principal flute of the American Sinfonietta
and is a member of New York's Mostly Mozart Festival
Orchestra. He has worked extensively in New York
City and San Francisco. While in San Francisco,
he was principal flute of the San Francisco Opera,
Sinfonia San Francisco, and the San Francisco
Chamber Symphony, as well as being solo flute
of the Anchor Chamber Players and appearing in
numerous recitals and concerto engagements. In
New York Mr. Cox has been principal flute of such
prominent ensembles as the St. Luke's Chamber
Ensemble, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, Philharmonia
Virtuosi, the Opera Orchestra of New York, and
has been a member of the New York Chamber Symphony
and solo piccolo of the Metropolitan Opera. He
has appeared frequently with the
New York Philharmonic and the American Symphony.
He has participated in tours throughout the United
States, Europe, Japan, and Korea. A founding member
of the New York New Music Ensemble, he has given
premiere performances of works by Joseph Schwantner,
Peter Maxwell Davies, Tod Machover and other leading
composers. He has been a faculty member of Rutgers
University, where he was a member of the Raritan
Winds, the faculty woodwind quintet, the Juilliard
School, SUNY-Binghamton, and Westminster Choir
College. He has recorded for Columbia, Warner
Bros., Opus One, Delos, Musical Heritage Society,
Finnadar, ROM Productions, Mediaphon, and Sony
Classical. Mr. Cox studied with Julius Baker at
the Juilliard School, where he earned Bachelor
and Master of Music Degrees, and he collaborated
with Mr. Baker as editor for a number of publications,
including Baker's Daily Exercises for the Flute.
He also studied with Marcel Moyse and William
Bennett.
Mr. Cox is also a composer. He acknowledges guidance
from such diverse teachers as Vincent Persichetti,
Lester Trimble, Elliott Carter, Roger Sessions,
and Vladimir Ussachevsky, but considers himself
primarily self-taught. His output ranges from
solo and chamber works to a song cycle for soprano
and chamber orchestra, "Illuminations",
set to texts by the poet Arthur Rimbaud, to a
piece for large orchestra, "Six Orchestral
Images after Magritte", musical depictions
of paintings by the surrealist painter Rene Magritte.
Aaron Hill, oboe
ash7e@virginia.edu
The Jason I. & Ellen U. Eckford Chair
Aaron Hill teaches oboe on the faculty at the University of Virginia, plays principal oboe in the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra, and performs chamber music with the Albemarle Ensemble and Washington, D.C.'s Sage Chamber Players. Mr. Hill holds the Master of Music and Artist Diploma degrees from Yale University's School of Music, where he was honored as the recipient of the Thomas Nyfenger Memorial Prize for outstanding woodwind performance. At the University of Michigan, Mr. Hill received a Bachelor of Music degree with Highest Honors, achieved the school's prestigious rank of Angell Scholar, and played principal oboe on William Bolcom's "Songs of Innocence and Experience" under Leonard Slatkin, a Naxos release which received four Grammy awards including Best Classical Album. He has given master classes at the University of Texas, the University of North Texas, and Oklahoma State University.
From 2002-2008, Mr. Hill played principal oboe in the Flint Symphony Orchestra under Enrique Diemecke, including an appearance as a soloist performing Mozart's Oboe Concerto in 2007. He has also performed as a guest with other orchestras such as the Rochester Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Hartford Symphony, Roanoke Symphony, Windsor Symphony, and Ensemble ACJW. In 2003, he appeared as principal oboe with the New York String Orchestra in Carnegie Hall. Mr. Hill has played orchestral music across the United States, Europe, and Asia under the batons of such notable conductors as Kurt Masur, Christoph Eschenbach, Neville Marriner, Peter Oundjian, Neeme Järvi, and Jukka-Pekka Saraste. As a strong supporter of music by living composers, Mr. Hill has premiered several works and has appeared frequently with the International Contemporary Ensemble.
During the summer, Mr. Hill is a member of the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra and has participated in numerous music festivals including Music Academy of the West, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchesterakademie, Sarasota Music Festival, Banff Centre for the Arts, and the Henry Mancini Institute. He has been honored as a Yamaha Young Performing Artist competition winner and was awarded the Grand Prize in the Mu Phi Epsilon Society for Musical Competition and the Leche Trust Prize at the Barbirolli International Oboe Competition. Mr. Hill's primary oboe teachers are Richard Killmer, Stephen Taylor, Nancy Ambrose King, David Weiss, and Klaus Becker.
Ayn
Balija, viola
atb3y@virginia.edu
The Elizabeth W. Gatewood Chair
Diversity is essential in musical life. Joining the performance faculty in 2007 as Lecturer of Viola at the University of Virginia, Ayn Balija serves as principal violist of the Charlottesville
& University Symphony Orchestra and Charlottesville Chamber Orchestra. During the 2008 season she performed Mozart's Symphonia Concertante, receiving wonderful reviews.
An avid orchestral musician, Ms. Balija performs
with the Richmond Symphony, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus,
and various local ensembles in the area. During the 2006-2007
season she joined the Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra on their East Coast Tour.
Immersing herself in the University and community, Ayn directs the UVA Chamber Music Series, co-directs the Student Lunchbox Recitals, provides private lessons as a Boyd Tinsley Tutor in the Charlottesville Public Schools, performs outreach concerts throughout Albemarle County, serves as President for the Virginia Viola Society and teaches in her private viola studio.
Pursuing her musical aspirations, Ayn Balija earned her BM
from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and MM
from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Jeffrey
Irvine and Peter Slowik are her principal
instructors and mentors.
Between degrees Ayn explored various teaching
philosophies including Karen Tuttle's Coordination
philosophy and the Suzuki Violin method. Upon
completing her undergraduate studies she was a
founding instructor of the Oberlin Community Music
School. For four years, she provided Suzuki violin
lessons, group classes, chamber music coachings,
and music theory classes to Lorain County.
During summers, she has attended numerous festivals
including the Aspen Music Festival and School,
Banff Center, Credo, and the Colorado College
Summer Music Festival. She participated as an
orchestral musician, chamber coach, mentor, and
quartet fellow. Starting in the summer of 2006, Ms.
Balija was awarded the Aspen Mentor Fellowship
to aid in the instruction of aspiring orchestral
musicians.
Her passion for teaching at the collegiate level
developed while serving as an assistant to her
conservatory instructors. Other interests include
modern music and early music performances on the
baroque viola. She has had the opportunity to
study with members of Apollo's Fire including
Jeanette Sorrell and Cynthia Roberts.
Ian
Zook, horn
irz5z@virginia.edu
The Johanna & Derwood Chase & Chase Investment
Counsel Corporation Chair
Ian Zook, horn, is an active orchestral and solo
performer and has appeared in concert throughout
the United States, Europe, and Asia. In addition
to his faculty position at the University of Virginia
and as the principal horn of the Charlottesville
& University Symphony Orchestra, he also performs
with the Princeton and Haddonfield Symphony Orchestras
in New Jersey, and as a substitute musician for
the Vermont Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
In 2006, he performed as principal horn of the
Pacific Music Festival under the baton of Valery
Gergiev with concerts in Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka,
and Tokyo for collective audiences nearing 50,000
in number. He performed alongside principals of
the Vienna Philharmonic in both orchestra and
chamber music, and also worked with principal
musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Before relocating to the east coast, he was an
active freelance musician in Michigan where he
held positions with the Dearborn, Adrian, and
Birmingham-Bloomsfield Symphony Orchestras, as
well as a mentorship with the Detroit Civic Orchestra.
He also had the opportunity to perform on Naxos'
Grammy Award-winning recording of William Bolcom's
Songs of Innocence and of Experience under Leonard
Slatkin.
He has also performed both orchestral and chamber
music at the National Orchestral Institute, Sarasota
Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, and American
Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.
A proponent of period-instrument performance,
he has performed natural horn with the New York
Collegium and the Washington Bach Consort. He
was also a featured performer at the 2005 Northeast
Horn Workshop playing trompe de chasse.
A native of North Carolina, he received his Bachelor
of Music degree from the University of North Carolina
- Chapel Hill and a Master of Music from the University
of Michigan. He is currently a candidate for Doctor
of Musical Arts at Rutgers University.
Elizabeth
Roberts, bassoon
ear4x@virginia.edu
The Ann Saunders Roberts Chair
Elizabeth Roberts, Principal Bassoon and Outreach Coordinator of the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra, joined the music performance faculty in the McIntire Department of Music at the University of Virginia in 2001. She is the bassoonist with the Albemarle Ensemble, UVA's resident faculty woodwind quintet. She serves as Principal Bassoon of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, and she freelances on bassoon and contrabassoon with orchestras such as the National Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Virginia Symphony, and the Richmond Symphony. She has performed as a soloist with the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra, the Harid Conservatory Orchestra, and the Waynesboro Orchestra. Ms. Roberts is a member of the adjunct faculty in the Adult Degree Program at Mary Baldwin College, and she teaches bassoon, reed making, and chamber music in the Charlottesville area.
A
native of Alexandria, Virginia,
Ms. Roberts holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education from
the University of Illinois. She taught kindergarten for two years in suburban
Chicago, then began pursuing her dream of becoming
a professional musician. She earned a Professional
Studies Diploma and a Bachelor of Music degree
from the Harid Conservatory, where she studied
with Arthur Weisberg, and a Master of Music Performance
degree at the University of Southern California,
where she studied with Stephen Maxym. During her
second year at USC she was elected to Pi Kappa Lambda and was selected to be a Presidential
Fellow. Upon graduating she was awarded the Dean's
Special Commendation. Ms. Roberts has completed additional studies on bassoon with Frank Morelli and Nancy Goeres, and on contrabassoon with Lew Lipnik.
As a student, Ms. Roberts held fellowships at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (CT) and at the Aspen Music
Festival (CO) where she served as principal
bassoonist of the American Academy of Conducting
Orchestra at Aspen for three summers. She has participated in the master class program at the Banff Music Centre where, during the summer of 2008, she was selected to perform chamber music with faculty members Richard Killmer, James Campbell, Frøydis Ree Wekre, and Frank Morelli. Ms. Roberts has performed and taught at the Wintergreen Performing Arts Festival (VA), Beyond the Notes (UVA), Music Mind and Reading (NC), and at the Cascade Festival of Music (OR). She currently serves as the Music Advisor for Old Crozet School of Arts, and was nominated for the 2008 Virginia Governor's Award for the Arts.
Ms. Roberts has given world premiere performances of works by Arthur Weisberg, Bernard Rands, Gary Schocker, and Walter Ross. She also gave the Virginia premiere of a recently discovered concerto for bassoon by Gioacchino Rossini.
Paul
Neebe, trumpet
pmn9r@virginia.edu
The Dr. & Mrs. Kennerly H. Digges Chair
American trumpet virtuoso Paul Neebe has performed
widely throughout the U.S. and Europe as both
an acclaimed soloist and respected orchestral
musician. Recognized for his beautiful solo sound
and artistic flair, Mr. Neebe has also been praised
for his commitment to commissioning and recording
contemporary American works for the trumpet. In
2000, he commissioned the American Composer Roger
Petrich to write a piece for Trumpet & Organ,
a work premiered in Germany in 2002 and recorded
on the German Label MDG in 2003. He also recorded
with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra a CD
consisting of all World Premieres of "American
Trumpet Concerto's" to be released on the
Albany Records Label in 2005. Neebe recently commissioned
several new American works for trumpet and orchestra
by: Dr. Walter Ross, Professor Emeritus of the
University of Virginia, Dr. Eddie Bass, Professor
Emeritus of the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, as well as Roger Petrich of St. Thomas
More Catholic Church in Chapel Hill.
Mr. Neebe currently serves as principal trumpet
of the Roanoke Symphony and the Wintergreen Festival
Orchestra in Virginia, and is on the faculty of
the University of Virginia. In recent seasons,
he has performed as a featured soloist with the
Roanoke, Charlottesville and Durham Symphonies,
the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra, and the Elon
University Wind Ensemble. In 1995 he received
honors at the First International Trumpet Festival
Competition in Moscow. In addition to numerous
concerts throughout the U.S., he has performed
several times for the Goethe Institute Cultural
Program in Rothenburg, Germany and has toured
with orchestras in Italy, Austria, Australia and
New Zealand.
Mr. Neebe received both the Bachelor and Master
of Music degrees from The Juilliard School. While
at Juilliard, he was a member of the National
Orchestra of New York, performing at Carnegie
Hall. In May 1999, he completed his Doctorate
of Musical Arts degree at the Catholic University
of America. His teachers have included Bernard
Adelstein, Arnold Jacobs, Steve Hendrickson, Douglas
Myers, Vincent Penzarella, and William Vacchiano.
For more information visit www.paulneebe.com.
Nathan Dishman, trombone
nmd2e@virginia.edu
The Rawson-Jones Chair
A native of Charles City, Iowa, Nathan Dishman received a Bachelor of Music in education with a jazz emphasis from the University of Northern Iowa. He was awarded the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance where he was an Ovation Scholarship Recipient. His document, A Guide to Daily Maintenance for Trombone, is a unique resource that integrates recording technology, daily exercises, and information collected from renowned performers and pedagogues. A Guide to Daily Maintenance for Trombone is published by Kagarice Brass Editions. Nathan actively writes audio reviews for the International Trombone Association quarterly journal and is a performing artist for Greg Black Mouthpieces.
Before moving to the east coast, Nathan maintained a busy freelance schedule in the Kansas City area and was active in various orchestral, jazz, recording, and church settings. He is a former member of the acclaimed Fountain City Brass Band, recently named champions in the 2007, 2008, and 2009 North American Brass Band Championships.
In April of 2009, Nathan was one of six international tenor trombone participants selected by Joseph Alessi, principal trombone of the New York Philharmonic, to take part in the prestigious Alessi Seminar in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Nathan was also a participant of this bi-annual event in 2007. He has been a finalist in competitions including the Eastern Trombone Workshop Solo Competition, Zellmer-Minnesota Orchestra International Trombone Competition, and the International Trombone Association Van Haney Competition. Nathan was a winner of the Fort Dodge Symphony Concerto Competition and was a Spotlight Series winner while attending the University of Northern Iowa.
His jazz experience includes performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Paris Jazz Festival, and the International Association of Jazz Educators conference. He has performed on stage backing up artists such as Robin Eubanks, Ray Anderson, Rich Perry, Nicholas Payton, Ernie Andrews, Eric Reed, and Karrin Allyson.
Nathan serves as principal trombone of the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra and is on the faculty of the University of Virginia. He is a former member of the Des Moines Symphony, Saint Joseph Symphony, Lee’s Summit Symphony, and Liberty Symphony. Nathan has performed regularly with members of the Kansas City Symphony including the Kansas City Symphony Brass Ensemble. His primary teachers include JoDee Davis, Roger Oyster, Nancy Vogt, Paul Pollard, Paul McKee, and Bruce Tychinski.
I-Jen
Fang, timpani & percussion
if4n@virginia.edu
The James E. & Yolonda T. Roberts Chair
I-Jen Fang was born in Taipei, Taiwan and began
her musical education at age six taking piano.
Taking up percussion at the age of nine, she came
to the United States at age fifteen to pursue
her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Percussion
Performance at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh,
PA. Later, she received her Master of Music degree
from Northwestern University and her Doctor of
Musical Arts degree from the University of North
Texas where she served as a teaching fellow. Her
principle teachers include Tim Adams, Michael
Burritt, Christopher Deane, Mark Ford, Paul Rennick,
Robert Schietroma, Ed Smith and Ed Soph.
As a percussionist, Ms. Fang has performed or
recorded with artists such as Keiko Abe, William
Cahn, Mark Ford, Mike Mainieri, Michael Spiro,
Nanik Wenton and Nyoman Wenton. She was a guest
marimba soloist with the Taiwan Youth Orchestra
in Austria, France, Hungary, Romania, and South
Africa. Also, she has performed as a soloist with
the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic in Carnegie Music
Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a pianist,
she was a winner of the Pittsburgh Concert Society
Young Artist Competition. In 2003, she was a featured
performer with the Bain Percussion Group at the
Percussive Arts Society International Convention
(PASIC). In that same year, she was selected as
a marimba soloist to perform in the Marimba Mania
Concert at the 6 èmes Journées de
la Percussion in Paris, France. In 2004 she performed
at PASIC as one of the finalists in the Solo Vibraphone
Competition. In 2005 she was invited to perform
on the Gamelan Gender Wayang at PASIC 2005.
Ms. Fang has performed with many ensembles, which
include the Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra,
Taiwan Youth Orchestra, North Texas Wind Symphony,
UNT Indoor Drumline, Northwestern Symphony Orchestra,
Northwestern Contemporary Music Ensemble, Carnegie
Mellon Philharmonic, Carnegie Mellon University
Wind Ensemble, UNT Steelband, South Indian, Gamelan,
Afro-Cuban, contemporary and classical percussion
ensembles, and is a member of a percussion quartet,
the Bain Percussion Group. She has been involved
with recording eleven CDs and a DVD with the North
Texas Wind Symphony on the Klavier and GIA labels.
Anastasia Jellison, harp
aij2n@virginia.edu
The Jefferson Trust Chair
Anastasia Jellison holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Alice Chalifoux, principal harp of the Cleveland Orchestra for 47 years. In 1999 she completed her Master of Music Degree in Harp Performance at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, under the instruction of Paula Page, principal harpist of the Houston Symphony.
Miss Jellison has extensive experience as an orchestral harpist. She has played with the Houston Symphony, the Houston Ballet, the Houston Grand Opera, the Knoxville Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Opera Roanoke, and with several other ensembles throughout Texas, Ohio, and Virginia. She has toured Europe with the North Carolina School of the Arts, attended the International Festival-Institute at Round Top in Round Top, TX, and has traveled to Japan with the Pacific Music Festival. She was a member of the Lancaster Music Festival in Ohio from 2000-2007 before joining the faculty of the Brevard Summer Institute and Festival in North Carolina in the summer of 2008. Miss Jellison has also played with the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival for the past three summers and in 2008 was featured as a soloist performing the Ginastera Harp Concerto. She debuted with the Roanoke Symphony for the 50th Anniversary Concert in a performance of the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra.
She was named principal harp of the RSO in 2005.
Anastasia worked as a full-time harp teacher for the Richmond Public School System from 2001-2003 and was Director of the Roanoke Youth Symphony Harp Ensemble from 2003-2007. She currently teaches at the University of Richmond, University of Virginia, College of William and Mary, and Washington and Lee University. She also instructs private students from Richmond, Roanoke, and Williamsburg.
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