Steven Doane
Professor of Violoncello
cellodoane@aol.com
(585) 274-1593
BM, Oberlin; MM, SUNY Stony Brook. Cello studies with Richard Kapuscinski, Bernard Greenhouse, Jane Cowan, and Janos Starker. Currently combines activities as recitalist, concerto soloist, recording artist, and chamber musician. Appears at festivals and on concert series throughout the United States and overseas. Second in a series of recordings on the Bridge label (works by Britten and Frank Bridge) released to critical acclaim. Earlier recording for Bridge (complete music of Gabriel Fauré for cello and piano) awarded the Diapason D'or in France, and has been broadcast throughout the United States and Canada, over the BBC in England, and throughout Europe. Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching (1993), Piatigorsky Prize in teaching (New England Conservatory, 1986). Prizewinner, Naumburg Chamber Music Award with New Arts Trio (1980), Washington International Competition for Strings (1973), San Francisco Symphony Foundation Competition (1971), and Piatigorsky Prize, Berkshire Music Center (1969). Finalist, Tchaikovsky Competition (1974). Toured with Music from Marlboro (1971). Principal cello, Milwaukee Symphony (1976-77), Rochester Philharmonic (1981-83). Faculty member, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music (1977-81), Eastman (1981-).
Rosemary Elliott (개인 렛슨선생 선택에서는 제외)
Assistant Professor of Violoncello, part-time
Rosemary Elliott, Assistant Professor of Cello at the Eastman School of Music, has an active performing schedule as chamber musician and recitalist. As principle cellist of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra in Ithaca, New York she was nominated to the artistic advisory board of that organization, and is a core member of the orchestra’s chamber music ensemble. In 2006 she performed as concerto soloist with the group.
Prior to her appointment at Eastman Ms. Elliott was a member of the cello staff at the Royal College of Music, in London, (1994-1998) and performed regularly with some of most notable chamber orchestras there, including the London Mozart Players, the City of London Sinfonia, and the Orchestra of St. John’s Smith Square.
Ms. Elliott has been for 10 years a member of the performing and teaching staff at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Brunswick, Maine. As a guest chamber musician she has also participated in the Skaneatles and Icicle Creek Chamber Music festivals, the Heifetz Academy in Wolfboro, New Hampshire, the International Musician’s Seminar in Cornwall, England, and the Kerry Chamber Music Festival in Ireland. In 2006 she appeared as guest clinician and gave master classes at the European String Teacher’s Association summer workshop in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Artistic director of the “Morning Chamber Music” series at the Eastman School of Music, Ms. Elliott has also broadcast on WXXI and enjoys presenting Sonata repertoire with pianists Elinor Freer and Rose Shlyam Grace. Ms. Elliott has performed with the Rochester Chamber Society, and is a founding member of the Rochester based cello quartet, the Cello Divas.
David Ying
Associate Professor of Violoncello
davidying@esm.rochester.edu
(585) 274-1504
Cellist David Ying is well-known to concert audiences as a member of the Ying Quartet. The Quartet’s professional life began in the small farming community of Jesup, Iowa where the four siblings lived and worked for two years as recipients of a grant from the NEA. During that time they won the Naumburg Chamber Music Award and embarked on a national and international performing schedule. From New York to Sydney, they continue to present concerts in many of the world’s important musical centers. In addition, they have appeared in many notable festivals, including Aspen, Tanglewood, Ravinia, Caramoor, Norfolk and the Festival de Musica de Camera in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Because of their unusually wide performing interests, they also play at unexpected concert sites: factories, schools, prisons, and many other non-traditional venues. The Quartet has also performed at the White House at the invitation of President and Mrs. Clinton.
With the Ying Quartet, Mr. Ying has pursued many innovative projects designed to bring string quartet music to a wide, diverse audience. Their LifeMusic commissions have created a new and distinctively American repertoire for the string quartet by commissioning music from both established and emerging composers, specifically reflecting contemporary American life. A series of concerts entitled “No Boundaries” held at Symphony Space in New York City explored the Quartet’s work alongside the work of many other artists, including actors, dancers, folk and world musicians, and even a chef and a magician.
Mr. Ying can be heard on the Ying Quartet’s first recording of its noteworthy LifeMusic commissions, released on the Quartz label and named “Editor’s Choice” by Gramophone magazine. He is also winner of a Grammy Award for “4 + Four,” the Ying Quartet’s enthusiastically received collaboration with the Turtle Island Quartet on Telarc. On the heels of these critically acclaimed recordings are two 2007 issues: the three Tchaikovsky String Quartets and the “Souvenir de Florence” (Telarc), nominated for a Grammy Award, and “The United States: LifeMusic 2” (Quartz). They released “Dim Sum,” a collection of works by Chinese-American composers in January 2008, also on Telarc.
As a solo cellist, Mr. Ying has appeared with such orchestras as the Oakland East-Bay Symphony, the Chicago Civic Orchestra, the String Orchestra of the Rockies, and the Rochester Chamber Orchestra. He also performs duo recitals with his wife, pianist Elinor Freer, across the United States. In addition, they are artistic directors of the Skaneateles Festival. Their imaginative musical leadership there was recently recognized by the 2008 CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming.
The numerous awards Mr. Ying has won as a solo cellist include prizes in the Naumburg International Cello Competition and the Washington International Competition. He holds degrees from the Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music where his teachers were Leonard Rose, Channing Robbins, Ardyth Alton, Paul Katz, Steven Doane, and Robert Sylvester. A dedicated and active teacher himself, Mr. Ying is currently on the chamber music and cello faculty of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. With the Ying Quartet, he is also presently Blodgett artist in residence at Harvard University.
Alan Harris
Distinguished Professor of Violoncello
aharris@esm.rochester.edu
(585) 274-1480
BM, University of Kansas; MM, Performer’s Certificate, Indiana University. Studied with Raymond Stuhl and Janos Starker. Recording for Vox. Master classes, solo and chamber music performances throughout the United States. Artist faculty, Aspen Music Festival (1974- ). Recipient, 2004 Eva Janzer Memorial Award at Indiana University for universal contributions to the art and teaching of cello playing. Performed with the Cleveland Quartet, the Eastman Quartet and Rochester Chamber Soloists. Principal cellist, Rochester Chamber Orchestra (1966-72) and Eastman Chamber Orchestra (1965-68). Assistant principal cellist, Rochester Philharmonic (1965-69). Faculty member, Inter-American University, Puerto Rico (1959-61), Ohio Wesleyan University (1961-65), Aspen Music Festival (1974-), Cleveland Institute of Music (1976-84, 1987-99), Northwestern (1984-87), Eastman (1965-76, 1986-87, 1994-98, 99- ).
KATHLEEN KEMP
Associate Professor of Orchestral Repertory (Violoncello), part time
Coordinator of Orchestral Studies Diploma program
Supervisor, Applied Violincello Studio TAs
ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Violoncello
kathy.kemp@gmail.com
(585) 274-1173
Biography
Kathleen Murphy Kemp is Assistant Principal Cello of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and has been a full-time member of the cello section since 1977. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, she earned a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Performance and Literature, as well as the Performer’s Certificate. Ms. Kemp serves on the Collegiate and Community Education faculties of the Eastman School, as well as serving as coordinator of Eastman’s Orchestral Studies Diploma Program. She is also co-chair of the string faculty of Rochester’s Hochstein School of Music.
Her teachers include Ron Leonard, Alan Harris, Jeff Holm, Gabor Rejto, and Robert Newkirk. She participated in master classes with Gregor Piatigorsky and Janos Starker. In addition to giving numerous solo and chamber music recitals, Kathleen was a member of Cello Divas, and has performed with the Society for Chamber Music, Rochester Chamber Orchestra, Skaneateles Music Festival, Fortissimo Music Festival, Roycroft Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, and Sarasota Festival. She was a finalist in the Hudson Valley Solo competition and won the concerto competition at Music Academy of the West.
As a strong advocate for music education, Kathleen served more than 10 years on the Rochester Philharmonic Youth orchestra Board, and during her tenure developed the mentor program (RPO musicians coaching RPYO students). She is co-founder of Chamber Music at the Hochstein School, a program for beginning through advanced young musicians with an interest in learning the art of great chamber music playing.
Kathleen devotes much of her time to educational volunteerism, and has been honored with the RPO Volunteer Recognition Award and the Philharmonic Leagues Fanfare Award for Education. She has served on the Board of the Rochester Philharmonic orchestra and was a parent advocate on the Greece (NY) School Board on behalf of school counselors and librarians.
