Meadowmount School of Music
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The Meadowmount School of Music, founded in 1944 by Ivan Galamian
, is a 7-week summer school in Westport
in Upstate New York
for accomplished young violinists, cellists, violists, and pianists training for professional careers in music. The students are required to practice for at least five hours daily, and are also given instruction in chamber music and practice techniques. The extensive campus contains a dining hall with an infirmary and office, as well as practice cabins, faculty studios and housing, a concert hall and student dormitories. During the summer session there are concerts given three times a week by the students, many of whom are international. Visit them at www.meadowmount.com.
Some of the school's more distinguished alumni include:
Notable members of the school's faculty have included:
Melissa Kraut
Eric Larsen, Director
Walter Schwede
Jan Mark Sloman
Ivan Galamian
Ivan Alexander Galamian was an influential Armenian violin teacher of the twentieth century.He was born in Tabriz, Iran, but his family soon emigrated to Moscow, Russia. Galamian studied violin at the School of the Philharmonic Society there with Konstantin Mostras until his graduation in 1919...
, is a 7-week summer school in Westport
Westport, New York
Westport is a town in Essex County, New York, United States overlooking Lake Champlain. The population was 1,362 at the 2000 census.The Town of Westport is on the eastern border of the county and is south of Plattsburgh and south of Montreal. Westport is inside the Adirondack Park.Westport is...
in Upstate New York
Upstate New York
Upstate New York is the region of the U.S. state of New York that is located north of the core of the New York metropolitan area.-Definition:There is no clear or official boundary between Upstate New York and Downstate New York...
for accomplished young violinists, cellists, violists, and pianists training for professional careers in music. The students are required to practice for at least five hours daily, and are also given instruction in chamber music and practice techniques. The extensive campus contains a dining hall with an infirmary and office, as well as practice cabins, faculty studios and housing, a concert hall and student dormitories. During the summer session there are concerts given three times a week by the students, many of whom are international. Visit them at www.meadowmount.com.
Some of the school's more distinguished alumni include:
- Joshua BellJoshua BellJoshua David Bell is an American Grammy Award-winning violinist.-Childhood:Bell was born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, the son of a psychologist and a therapist. Bell's father is the late Alan P...
- Stephanie ChaseStephanie Chase"One of the most respected classical violinists in the world," Stephanie Chase is an American concert violinist and educator.- Biography :...
- Kyung-wha ChungKyung-wha ChungKyung-wha Chung is a Korean violinist.- Biography :Kyung-wha Chung's musical career began at the age of three. Her fame in the seventies and eighties was at the top level, and ranked alongside the great violinists Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman...
- James EhnesJames EhnesJames Ehnes, CM is a Canadian concert violinist.The son of Alan Ehnes, trumpet professor at Brandon University and Barbara Ehnes, former director of the Brandon School of Dance, James Ehnes began his violin studies at the age of four...
- Lynn HarrellLynn HarrellLynn Harrell is an American classical cellist.-Biography:Harrell was born in New York City of musician parents; his father was the baritone Mack Harrell and his mother, Marjorie Fulton, was a violinist. At the age of eight he decided to learn to play the cello. When Lynn was 12, his family moved...
- Jaime LaredoJaime LaredoJaime Laredo is a violinist and conductor. Currently the conductor and Music Director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, he began his musical career when he was five years old. In 1948 he came to North America and took lessons from Antonio DeGrass...
- Chin KimChin kimChin Kim is a Korean-born American classical violinist, largely educated in the United States through the Juilliard School, and the Curtis Institute of Music.-Activities:...
- Yo-Yo MaYo-Yo MaYo-Yo Ma is an American cellist, virtuoso, and orchestral composer. He has received multiple Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts in 2001 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011...
- Itzhak PerlmanItzhak PerlmanItzhak Perlman is an Israeli-born violinist, conductor, and instructor of master classes. He is regarded as one of the pre-eminent violinists of the 20th and early-21st centuries.-Early life:...
- Pinchas ZukermanPinchas ZukermanPinchas Zukerman is a world-renowned violinist, violist, and conductor. He is considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th and 21st centuries, and his ongoing 45-year career has seen him perform with the world's best-known orchestras and record over 100 works...
Notable members of the school's faculty have included:
- Charles Avsharian
- Owen Carman
- Skye Carman
- David CeroneDavid CeroneDavid Cerone was a co-founder of the ENCORE School for Strings, where he co-directed and served as faculty member since 1985. Mr. Cerone serves as a juror for many prominent national and international violin competitions and presents master classes around the world. An active chamber musician, he...
- Patricia McCarty
- Dorothy DeLayDorothy DeLayDorothy DeLay was an American violin instructor, primarily at the Juilliard School.She was born in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.-Career and education:...
- Josef GingoldJosef GingoldJosef Gingold was a Russian-Jewish-born classical violinist and teacher, who lived most of his life in the United States...
- Hans Jørgen Jensen
Melissa Kraut
- Fredell LackFredell LackFredell Lack is an American violinist. Noted as a concert soloist, recording artist, chamber musician, and teacher, she is retired from a position as the C. W...
Eric Larsen, Director
- Paul MakanowitzkyPaul MakanowitzkyPaul Makanowitzky was an American violinist, and violin teacher.-Life:He studied with Ivan Galamian, and Jacques Thibaud....
- Isaac Malkin
- Margaret PardeeMargaret Pardee-Life:She grew up in Valdosta, Georgia.She graduated from The Juillard School, where she studied with Ivan Galamian, Sascha Jacobsen, Albert Spalding, and Louis Persinger.She teaches at Juillard, and Meadowmount School of Music.She married Daniel Butterly....
- Gregor PiatigorskyGregor PiatigorskyGregor Piatigorsky was a Russian-born American cellist.-Early life:...
- Gerardo RibeiroGerardo RibeiroProfessor Gerardo Ribeiro , a world renowned concert violinist, had taught at numerous Universities after studies at the Juilliard School of Music with Ivan Galamian in New York City. He won numerous international competitions, and soloed with major world orchestras and venues...
- Steven Rochen
- Leonard RoseLeonard RoseLeonard Rose was an American cellist and pedagogue.Rose was born in Washington, D.C., his parents were immigrants from Kiev, Ukraine...
Walter Schwede
Jan Mark Sloman
- Sally Thomas
- Almita Vamos
- Roland Vamos
- Ann Setzer