ANTHEA KRESTON, CONDUCTOR VIOLIN A N D V I O L A CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION Curtis Institute of Music – Violin Performance Diploma, 1993
Cleveland State University - BA - Women’s Studies in Classical Music, graduated summa cum laude, 1996
Northern Illinois University – Quartet Residency with the Vermeer String Quartet as violist of the Avalon String Quartet, 1996-1998
Hartt School of Music - Masters Degree in Violin Performance, two-year residency with the Emerson String Quartet as a violist of the Avalon String Quartet, 2001
TEACHERS Felix Galimir, Ida Kavafian, Phil Setzer, Roland and Almita Vamos, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Mathias Tacke
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Professor of Violin and Viola, Hartt School of Music (2003- present); teaching undergraduate and graduate violin and viola students privately, weekly studio classes, coaching chamber music, leading violin and viola orchestral sectionals, juries
Adjunct Instructor of Violin and Viola, Connecticut College (2003- present); teaching undergraduate violin and viola students privately, coaching chamber music, performing in the composition concerts alongside students, leading orchestral sectionals, final semester recitals, juries
Professor of Violin (Interim), Lawrence University (2005-6); teaching undergraduate violin students privately, coaching chamber music, juries, member of Lawrence String Quartet with concerts both on and off campus
Co-Director – Wesleyan University Chamber Music Program (2004- present); organizing all chamber music groups, coaching groups, leading off-campus outreach events, final recital
Director – Green Lake Chamber Music Camp (1999-present); award- winning two-week program for high-school through graduate strings and pianists in rural Wisconsin, featuring guest performers and teachers such as Matt Haimovitz and the Ying String Quartet, many outreach activities such as library concerts and concerts for retirement communities, final concert in restored opera house, conductor-less chamber orchestra concert in historic barn with guest soloists, guest composers such as John Harbison, and Amelia Trio concerts broadcast on Wisconsin Public Radio, lead adult armature chamber music seminar
Van Cliburn Adult Chamber Music Seminar (2001); preparing participants for chamber music performances
Faculty, Kinhaven Summer Music School (1998); teach junior-high violinists privately, coach chamber music, perform
CONDUCTING Co-Director of the Connecticut College Orchestra (2008-present); twice- weekly rehearsals, student string, wind, and vocal soloists, inaugurated a children’s concert series
Teachers: Angel Gil-Ordonez (Wesleyan University), Nicholas Armstrong (Brooklyn Symphony)
ARTIST MEMBER . Amelia Piano Trio (founding member 1999-present) . Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project (2000-2004) . Avalon String Quartet (1996-01) . Sweet Thunder Violin and Percussion Duo (founding member 1998- present)
NOTABLE CONCERTS . Extensive solo and chamber music concertizing in England, Italy, Germany, France, Panama, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, the French West Indies, Canada, and the United States. Notable appearances at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY; Merkin Hall, New York, NY; Weill Hall, New York, NY; Lincoln Center, New York, NY; Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.; Tanglewood, Lenox, MA; Beckman Auditorium, Pasadena, CA; Bravo Festival of Music, Vail, CO; SummerFest, La Jolla, CA; Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL; Meany Hall, Seattle; Kohl Mansion, San Francisco, CA; Gardner Museum, Boston, MA; Place des Arts, Montreal, ON; St. Barth’s International Music Festival, St. Bartholomew, French West Indies; Teatro Nacional, Panama City, Panama; Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB; Royal Academy of Music, London, England; Schloss Elmau, Elmau, Germany; Chateau d’Ainay-le-Vieil, Berry, France; Hochschule fur Musik, Munich, Germany
. Orchestral soloists with: Canton (OH) Symphony, Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute Orchestra, Hartt School of Music Symphony, Northern Illinois University Orchestra, New Trier Symphony (IL), Illinois Chamber Symphony, University of Minnesota Orchestra, Encore Chamber Orchestra (IL), Connecticut College Orchestra
MASTERCLASSES GIVEN . Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), Caramoor International Festival of Music (Katonah, NY), Chicago Youth Symphony Chamber Music 70 Stevens Lane • Middletown, CT • 06457 Phone/fax: 860.343.1757 • www.ameliapianotrio.com • [email protected] Management – Melvin Kaplan, Inc. www.MelKap.com
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Masterclass(Chicago, IL), Weber State University (Ogden, UT), Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT), Duquesne University (Pittsburg, PA), Panama City National Chamber Music Series Masterclass (Panama City, Panama), Lawrence University (Appleton, WI), Interlochen Arts Academy (Interlochen, MI), Northeastern University Chicago (Chicago, IL), University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN), University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
RECORDINGS AND RADIO APPEARANCES NPR Performance Today, Young-Ensemble-In-Residence (2003)
Channel Classics (Ravel and Janacek string quartets)
Naxos (John Harbison Trios and solo works)(Strauss Trios 2009 release)
Beethoven Trio Cycle live on WFMT Chicago
New Tangent (Haydn, Thomas, and Beethoven string quartets)
Cedille Records (chamber music of Paul Hindemith)
Television: CBS, NHK Japan
Radio: Bayerischer Rundfunk, NPR Performance Today, St. Paul Sunday, WQXR New York, WNYC New York, Pittsburgh Public Radio, KWAX Oregon, San Diego Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Radio, WFMT Chicago
COLLABORATIONS Yo-Yo Ma, Ida Kavafian, Philip Setzer, Andres Diaz, Gilbert Kalish, Eugenia Zuckerman, Lucy Shelton, Richard Stolzman, Jonathan Biss, Peter Wiley, Ani Kavafian, Steven Tenenbom, Anne-Marie McDermott, Atar Arad. Mark Morris Dance Group
AWARDS AND HONORS International Music Competition ARD, Munich, Germany, Top Prize
Concert Artist Guild International Competition, Grand Prize
Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition, Grand Prize
Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, Grand Prize
Coleman National Chamber Music Competition, Prize
Banff International Quartet Competition, Prize
Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, Prize
ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music
Excellence in Recording, Chamber Music America
Outreach Residency Award, Chamber Music America
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CHAMBER MUSIC TEACHERS Isaac Stern, Leon Fleisher, Menahem Pressler, Kalishstein-Laredo- Robinson Trio, Emerson String Quartet, Amadeus String Quartet, Vermeer String Quartet, Tokyo String Quartet, David Geringas, Peter Wiley, Norman Fischer, Andres Diaz, Wu Man, Joel Krosnick, Samuel Rhodes, Charles Neidich, John Harbison, Bernard Rands, Augusta Read Thomas, Gilbert Kalish, Joan Tower, Ned Rorem, Atar Arad, Donald Weilerstein
SEMINARS AND PROGRAMS ATTENDED Isaac Stern Carnegie Hall Chamber Music Seminar
Isaac Stern Jerusalem Encounters Chamber Music Seminar
Amadeus String Quartet Seminar, London
New York String Orchestra with Alexander Schneider
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (Yale Summer Program)
Aspen Institute for Advanced Quartet Studies
Tanglewood Advanced Quartet Program
Ravinia Steans Institute
COMPOSERS COMMISSIONED John Harbison – Piano Trio #2 (recorded for Naxos)
Paul Moravec – Zuzu’s Petals duo for violin and marimba
Augusta Read Thomas – “A Circle Around the Sun” Piano Trio (recorded for Open Arms Records)
Daron Hagen – “Orpheus and Eurydice” Triple Concerto
Lu Pei – “Songs of Consonance”, “Through a Window” for trio, erhu, and pipa (recorded for Traditional Crossroads)
Adam Silverman – “Sturm” Piano Trio
David T. Little – Piano Trio and “For Amos” Piano Trio
Carter Pann – “Nicky’s Trio”
SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH . AIDS Project Hartford (Hartford, CT) – designed and implemented a music and healing program . Village for Families and Children (Hartford, CT) – designed and implemented a program for music therapy for abused children in foster care . Astral Artists (Philadelphia, PA) – outreach in inner-city Philadelphia schools . La Jolla Chamber Music Society (La Jolla, CA) – outreach in inner-city San Diego 70 Stevens Lane • Middletown, CT • 06457 Phone/fax: 860.343.1757 • www.ameliapianotrio.com • [email protected] Management – Melvin Kaplan, Inc. www.MelKap.com
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. Ravinia Festival (Chicago, IL) – outreach in inner-city Chicago . Caramoor International Music Festival (Westchester County, NY) – outreach in surrounding areas
ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE . Minnesota Orchestra, substitute, 1989-91 . Concerto Soloists, Philadelphia, substitute, 1991-93 . Cleveland Chamber Symphony, 1994-95
MANAGEMENT . Concert Artists Guild, 2000-2002 . Fine Arts Management, 2002-2004 . Melvin Kaplan, Inc., 2004-present
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