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July 23-27, 2012, 9:30am-3:30pm |
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Play all major and minor scales and tonic arpeggios Along the
way we will learn about great performers, improve the overall level of
playing, make new friends and unbelievably, have FUN! Violin Level
1 – equivalent playing to end of Suzuki Book 2, must know Bb, Eb,
Ab. Prior scale study not required |
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| Catherine
Stewart, Jeff Howard, Judy Silverman, Kyung LeBlanc, Diana Fish (l-r) |
Faculty Biographies Catherine Stewart, Director of "Get Focused" Strings Camp and director of Stewarts Stellar Strings Super Nova Summer Camp, has been brightening the lives of area children as a Suzuki violin teacher since 1981. Mrs. Stewart maintains a large private teaching studio in Olney, Maryland. She has been a faculty member of Columbia Union College, St. Mary's College and the D.C. Youth Orchestra Program, and was adjunct faculty at Olney Adventist Preparatory School 2005-2008. Mrs. Stewart was selected as one of five winners of the 2007 national Prodigy Instruments Mentoring Award. In 1998 the Maryland/DC chapter of the American String Teachers Association awarded Mrs. Stewart "Outstanding Teacher of the Year". Mrs. Stewart was Education Director of the National Philharmonic (formerly National Chamber Orchestra) Middle School Institute in 2001 and Education Director of the National Philharmonic High School Institute in 2002. Starting in May 2008 she is President Elect for the MD/DC chapter of the American String Teachers Association, and will be President, May 2010. She is currently Administrative Director of the Modern Early Music Institute. Mrs. Stewart has been a violinist with the National Philharmonic since 1999. In addition to the National Philharmonic, Ms. Stewart has been a member of The Nashville Symphony, the Naples Philharmonic, and the Virginia Beach Pops. Her freelance work has included performances with Ella Fitzgerald, Mannheim Steamroller, Yanni, Ray Charles, Benny Carter and Bob Hope, as well as entertaining Presidents Clinton and Bush, Sr. & Jr. Diana Fish, cellist, came to Washington, DC in 1994 to be a member of the Chamber Orchestra of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. She graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with Orlando Cole. She continued her studies at the graduate level at Indiana University where she studied with Janos Starker. In addition to her position as assistant principal cellist of the Marine Chamber Orchestra, she has been principal cellist of the Alexandria Symphony and Concert Artists of Baltimore, where she performed as soloist in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto for piano, violin, and cello. She has also appeared as soloist with the Marine Chamber Orchestra in Victor Herbert’s Cello Concerto in E minor. Ms. Fish is a very active chamber musician in the Washington, DC area. She has been performing with the National Gallery of Art Chamber Players for the past thirteen years and the Sunrise Quartet for the past fourteen years. In addition to her private teaching studio, Ms. Fish has taught at St. Mary’s College, MD, Indiana University Southeast Campus, University of Michigan All-State Sessions at Interlochen, and The Interlochen Adult Chamber Music Seminar. Violinist Dr. Jeffrey Howard has distinguished himself nationally and internationally as an "excellent virtuoso ...(with) a deep understanding of different musical styles, and a remarkable power of communication." Born in New York, Dr. Howard has appeared as soloist with many orchestras including the Boston Virtuosi, and the Yonkers, Indiana University, Concord, UT Arlington, Towson University and WPI Symphony Orchestras. A frequent soloist and guest artist, he has performed at Jordan Hall in Boston, Federal Hall in New York, the Bastille Opera House in Paris, Khachaturian Hall in Montreal and at Syracuse University, the University of Texas at Arlington, the Longy School of Music and Oberlin College. Dr. Howard has appeared internationally in Canada and in Central and Western Europe, including the countries of Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary and Italy. A devoted performer of chamber music, he has performed at the the Orfeo International Music Festival (Italy), the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Winter Institute for String Quartets and the Lydian String Quartet Seminar and studied with members of the Tokyo, Mendelssohn, Juilliard and Cleveland String Quartets. He has also performed as a section substitute with the Baltimore Symphony, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Metamorphosen Chamber Ensemble. Dr. Howard received degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and Indiana University where he completed the Doctorate of Music degree in Violin. His teachers included Stephen Clapp, Franco Gulli, Paul Biss and Josef Gingold. He has served on the faculties of the Interlochen Center for the Arts, the University of Texas at Arlington, Bridgewater State College and Westfield State College and he performs regularly with his wife, pianist Anna Soukiassian, in the Kassian-Howard Duo. Dr. Howard currently teaches at Towson University where he also coaches chamber music and performs regularly in the Baltimore Piano Trio. He lives in the Baltimore area with his wife and their two daughters Michelle and Ani. Violist/violinist Kyung LeBlanc maintains an active career as a recitalist, chamber and orchestra musician, and studio teacher throughout Washington, DC area. Ms. LeBlanc is the founding member of the Sage String Quartet and Sage Chamber Players, with whom she performs frequently at various recitals and concert series. As an orchestra musician, she has played with the National Philharmonic, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, and Washington National Opera Orchestra, among others. Ms. LeBlanc is a faculty member of the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop where she maintains a teaching studio. She has served as principal viola for the Philharmonia and Concert Orchestras of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the AACA and Sinfonia Orchestras at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago under the direction of Daniel Barenboim. Ms. LeBlanc received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Michigan and pursued further studies at the Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music. Her principal teachers include Charles Pikler and Catharine Carroll. Judy Silverman. Member, National Philharmonic since 1985 (when it was Montgomery Chamber Orchestra. Currently Associate Principal Violist. Private violin, viola, chamber music studio in Montgomery County for over 30 years ASTA Md/DC Teacher of the Year in l992. Chester Petranek MCYO Award for Service to String Community l992, Service to Strings Award from ASTa Md/DC l999. Chamber music performances in many venues in the DC Metropolitan area. Isiah Johnson came to the Washington, DC metropolitan area in 1971 and studied piano performance with Thomas Schumacher at the University of Maryland. He joined the Department of Dance at the University of Maryland over 30 years ago where he teaches Rhythmic Training, accompanies modern and ballet classes, performs and composes. Isiah performs nationally and internationally, is a piano teacher of students of all ages and teaches rhythmic training for individuals, studios and organizations. He is also a church music director, organist, composer, arranger and accompanist. Mr. Johnson's approach in teaching rhythmic training is the result of his decades of studies of music and dance in cultures from around the world and various methodologies in rhythmic training. |
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