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Gabriel
Bolkosky,
violinist, has been praised for the way he "takes
audiences into his confidence and includes them"
and described as having "the serenity of a master
without a hint of coldness."
He is executive director of The Phoenix Ensemble,
an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based nonprofit arts organization
dedicated to helping artists and the educational community.
His debut solo album, This and That, was released
in 2005 to critical acclaim and features
both jazz and classical music. Other recordings include
explorations of klezmer with Into the Freylakh (The
Shape of Klez to Come), of the nuevo tango music of
Astor Piazzolla (The Oblivion Project Live), children's
folk music with the children's-music group Gemini
(The Orchestra Is Here to Play), and contemporary
music of composers such as Xenakis and Boulez with
his former group Non Sequitur (Non Sequitur).
Bolkosky is a sought-after guest artist, performer,
and teacher at schools and workshops throughout North
America.In Ann Arbor, Bolkosky directs one of The
Phoenix Ensemble's signature events, PhoenixPhest!,
an annual amateur chamber-music festival held each
May, and maintains a private violin studio.
In
May 2008, Bolkosky made his debut at Carnegie Hall
with Opus 21. In 2008-09, as a member of the Phoenix
String Quartet, he is guest artist in residence at
the University of Michigan.
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Ramona
Stirling has been the Director of the Intermountain
Suzuki String Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah, for
twenty years. It is one of the largest Suzuki institutes
in the world. She has been teaching the Suzuki violin
method for 28 years.
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Ms.
Ramona Stirling
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Timothy
(Terry) Durbin is one of the most sought after
clinicians/conductors in the USA, bringing smiles and
laughter to over 700 workshops and institutes throughout
his career. He teaches violin in the Preparatory Department
at the University of Louisville.
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Mr.
Timothy Durbin
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Domenique
Fiore began the study of the double bass with
Wes Fisher in Reading, Pennsylvania at the age of 14.
He earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from
West Chester (PA) University in 1987 and began teaching
in the Ephrata, PA School district. He is currently
the director of the 5 Suzuki Orchestras of the community
Division at the Hartt School of the University of Hartford.
Mr Fiore is also a cello instructor. |
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Linda
Fiore began lessons at age 5 with her mother
Louise Wear, a Suzuki violin teacher. She studied with
Dr. Suzuki at the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto,
Japan for 18 months. Upon returning to the United States,
she became the first teacher to teach Suzuki Violin
Method for brain-injured and well children at the institute
for the achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia. |
Ms.
Linda Fiore
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Michael
Mclean received his B.M. in Violin Performance
from Northwestern University where he studied violin,
composition, counterpoint, and orchestration extensively.
He is founder and president of Oak Cliff Publishing,
which features 70 of his compositions and arrangements
for strings and piano. He has composed for numerous
ensembles through the world, including a special commission
for a performance at the Vatican for Pope John Paul
II. |
Mr.
Michael McLean
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Christian
Howes was classically trained beginning at
the age of five. Howes set out to build upon a strong
classical foundation and distinguish himself fin jazz,
the art of the improvisers. An extremely versatile and
flexible artist, this prolific violinist/composer maintains
five distinct working ensembles, including the Christian
Howes Group, the Hot Swing Group, the European Acoustic
Trio, the Special Electric Violin Project, and Duo Americana. |
Mr.
Christian Howes
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Hays
Birkhead Hendricks holds a Bachelor of Arts
in Education and Child Study from Smith College, and
a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from Ball
State University. In 1996, she founded the only Suzuki
summer institute in Minnesota—The ChiZiiBii Suzuki
Institute, which celebrated its 10th summer in 2007.
She also began the Suzuki program at Southeast Missouri
Music Academy in the year 2000 and served as director
in 2002-2005. |
Ms.
Hays Birkhead Hendricks
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Sylvia
Khoo received her Bachelor and Master’s
of Music Degree from Southern Illinois University
where she was a graduate assistant under John Kendall.
Upon her return to Singapore, she joined the Singapore
Symphonic Orchestra as a violinist before being appointed
the coordinator of the music program at the Raffles
Girls’ School’s string ensemble, a well-established
group that is in popular demand. Since 1987, she runs
her own Suzuki program, called the Joyful Strings,
which presents highly acclaimed annual public concerts.
Sylvia has been regularly invited to conduct workshops
and training at Suzuki institutes in Tennessee, North
Carolina, Utah and Australia. |
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Sylvia Khoo |
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T’ang
Quartet, Singapore’s premier western
classical chamber music group, redefines the chamber
music through its vibrant and dynamic performances,
adventurous approach to programming, slick and
chic stage presentation.
The T’ang Quartet has
performed to critical acclaim internationally
at chamber festivals in Australia, United Kingdom,
USA; Central America and Asia.
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Following
the critical success of its London debut at
Wigmore Hall in 2005, The T’ang
Quartet was invited to record for BBC’s
World International Recital Series in Jan 2006.
In
June 2007, T’ang Quartet
premiered Optical Identity; a collaborative
production with Theatre Cryptic (Scotland) was
commissioned by the Singapore Arts Festival.
The European premiere took take place at the
Edinburgh International Festival in August,
and the production then traveled to the Alicante
International Contemporary Music Festival (Spain)
in September, and tours Scotland in October
and November 2007.
T’ang Quartet was invited
to perform Azerbaijan composer Franghiz Ali
Zadeh’s Mugam Sayagi at a UNESCO award
Ceremony in Paris on 3 April 2008, where she
was receiving the honorary title of UNESCO Artist
for Peace.
In
2008, T’ang Quartet was
presented the Artistic Excellence Award (Classical)
by Composers and Authors Society of Singapore
(COMPASS).
Quartet’s
debut album The Art of War received a rave review
on The Strad in 2005. It was described as “sensational”,
where “ their technique is beyond criticism,
balance is perfect and the engineering has a
presence so vibrant and energizing as to capture
the attention on its own.”
The
Quartet has recorded the soundtrack
for film – Feet Unbound – retracting
the Long March taken by teenage girls directed
by Ng Khee Jin
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T’ang Quartet is now Quartet-in-Residence
at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music at
the National University of Singapore and was
on the faculty at the Boston University Tanglewood
Institute from 2001 to 2005.
Repertoire:
Asian works by Bright Sheng, Chan Hing Yan,
Chen Yi, Er Yenn Chwen, Hu Xiao Ou, Joyce Koh
Bee Tuan, Kelly Tang, and Zhou Long. |
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