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For
audition information on University of Denver's Lamont School
of Music please visit:
http://www.du.edu/lamont/info_form.html
Pictured from left to right: Chad
MacDonald, Rebekah Durham, Edkelley Sanford,
Anna Marshall, Laura Anderson, Robyn Sosa, Adrienne Short,
Kaleigh McCool,
and Daniel Sharon.
The
Violin Studio at DU
In 2007-2008 my class consists of 14 students, 7 undergraduates,
6 masters, and one artist diploma. Studio sizes are kept small
throughout the Lamont school, and we have two wonderful adjunct
violin professors who also teach violinists in the orchestra.
This
year, we are excited to welcome Pinchas Zukerman, Midori
and Scott Yoo for our violin masterclass series. Housed
in one of the finest facilities in the country, world class
artists such as Joshua Bell, Cho-Liang Lin, Gidon Kremer,
the Juilliard, Cleveland, Guarneri and Emerson Quartets have
all performed at the Lamont School of Music. Our students
enjoy a positive and supportive learning environment, and
many receive generous scholarship awards.
The
level of the violin studio is exceptional and students have
terrific opportunities here to perform. Every Friday we hold
performance class in which students can receive feedback from
their colleagues and other string professors. There are also
numerous opportunities to perform through chamber music, masterclasses
and in larger ensembles. Concerto readings are scheduled every
quarter, in which violinists have opportunities to play concertos
they are studying with orchestra.
Also
unique to University of Denver is the study abroad program
in which students may study abroad for no cost other than
DU tuition (including plane fare, housing and tuition at the
institution abroad). Our string students have studied in such
diverse countries as Australia, Austria, England, Italy, New
Zealand and Spain.
Some studio highlights from the 2006-2007 school year include:
Studio
performances of Moto Perpetuum for "Day at Lamont"
and my recital, in which the The Rocky Mountain News
wrote " her students fiddled impressively in a crowd-pleasing
Perpetual Motion. DU is lucky to have Wang's talents as violinist
and as we discovered in the encore, pedagogue"
Congratulations to everyone! Other news from my studio include:
Rebekah
Durham, first place winner in the Lamont Solo Honors Competition
performed Ravel's Tzigane with Lamont Symphony last spring.
Rebekah also won 2nd prize at the Aurora Symphony Concerto
Competition this year and placement on the Young Musician's
Foundation Roster.
Adrienne
Short, honorable mention in this year's Lamont Solo Competition
performed Paganini's La Campanella from the 2nd Violin Concerto,
and was pictured in the Denver Post's article "The Violin
Femmes" http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5419116
Laura
Anderson, summa cum laude won the Graduating Senior Award
and a scholarship to travel to Japan this summer. She also
just won Littleton Symphony's concertmaster position.
Chad
MacDonald, summa cum laude, studied in Spain fall quarter
and surprised us all when he performed Spanish works on his
recital - in Matador costume! See his photo in the Denver
Post when he volunteered for DU's Project Homeless,
Robyn
Sosa, performed an exceptional "recital of distinction"
winter quarter and graduated cum laude.
Mary
Anne Pulver studied fall quarter in Italy and married another
Lamont violinist this summer, congratulations!
Terrific
concerto reading performances with the orchestra from:
EdKelly
Sanford (Sarasate: Ziguenerweisen)
Anna Marshall (Mendelssohn Concerto)
Alessandra Cuffaro (Chausson Poeme)
Robyn Sosa (Prokofiev Concerto #2)
Laura Anderson (Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy)
Steven Lovinger (Tchaikovsky Concerto)
Alessandra
Cuffaro's artist diploma recital of Paganini's Complete 24
Caprices whose website is http://www.alessandracuffaro.com
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