
Student Accomplishments
A present from my students to celebrate my fifty years of teaching
ORCHESTRAS:
• Associate Principal Cellist New York Metropolitan Opera (Amir Eldan)
• Assistant Principal Cellist, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (Amir Eldan)
• Cellist, Boston Symphony Orchestra (Mickey Katz)
• Principal cellist, Simon Bolivar Symphony, Caracas, Venezuela (German Marcano)
• Principal cellist, Nashville Symphony (Kevin Bate).
• Cellist, Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Cole Randolph).
• Principal cellist, Israel Chamber Orchestra (Iris Jortner)
• Cellist, Seattle Symphony Orchestra (Matt Millar)
• Cellist, Pacific Orchestra, Orange County, CA (Matt Millar)
• Cellist, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Denver, CO (Andrew Briggs)
• Cellist, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Little Rock, AR, Sub. Cleveland Orchestra (Daniel Pereira)
• Acting principal cellist, Houston Ballet (Amy Harr)
• Principal cellist, Central Wisconsin Symphony (Laurence Leviton)
• Principal cellist, La Crosse Symphony Orchestra (Kyle Price)
• Principal cellist, La Crosse Symphony Orchestra (Zachary Preucil)
• Assistant principal cellist, La Crosse Symphony Orchestra
(Alex Chamber- Ozasky)
• Cellist, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Sub. Milwaukee
Symphony Orchestra (Sara Sitzer)
• Madison Symphony Orchestra (Mark Bridges, Lindsey Crabb, Jordan Allen, Margaret Townsend, Laurie Riess, Adam Ayers, Amy Harr)
• Several cellists, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
CHAMBER MUSIC:
• Cellist, Aviv String Quartet and winner, Melbourne, Australia International Chamber Music Competition (Iris Jortner)
• Cellist Cavani String Quartet (Kyle Price)
• Cellist Kasa String Quartet (Kyle Price)
• Cellist, Spektral Quartet, ensemble-in-residence, University of Chicago
(Russell Rolen)
• Cellist, Gloriosa Piano Trio (Kevin Bate).
• Cellist, Dali String Quartet (Daniel Pereira)
• Touring Cellist with SistaStrings Band (Monique LaDora Ross)
TEACHING AND DIRECTING POSITIONS:
• Professor of cello, Peabody Conservatory, John Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD (Amit Peled)
• Professor of cello, Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, OH (Amir Eldan)
• Professor of Cello, University of Michigan (Amir Eldan)
• Professor of cello, UW Stevens Point (Laurence Leviton)
• Professor of cello, Grand Valley State University, Michigan (Pablo Mahave)
• Professor of cello/conductor, Fresno State University, Fresno CA (Thomas Lowenheim)
• The Juilliard School, Cellist of Music Advancement Program (Robert Burkhart)
• Associate professor of cello, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA (Linda Jennings)
• Assistant professor of cello, University of Alaska at Fairbanks (Linda Jennings)
• Assistant professor of cello, Idaho State University (Eleanor Christman Cox)
• Associate professor, University of Virginia at Charlottesville (Adam Carter)
• Professor of cello, Caracas Conservatory; Friedman School, Caracas, Venezuela (German Marcano)
• Director & Cello Faculty, Community Music School, San Diego State University (Carina Voly)
• Feldenkrais Teacher, Conservatorium van Amsterdam (Mike Tweed-Kent)
• Adjunct Associate Professor, National Taiwan University of Arts; University of Taipei; Fu Jen Catholic University; Shih Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan
(Ching-Ling Wan)
• Music Teacher, ISA Science City International School, Guangzhou, China (Michael Allen)
• Cello Faculty, Nevada School of the Arts, Las Vegas, NV (Adam Stiber)
• Professor of Musicology, University of Wisconsin Whitewater (Jane Ferencz)
• Assistant Director of Development, The Perlman Music Program (Paul Wolfram)
• Director, Customer Services at Make Music, (the music technology company that created Finale and Smart Music) (Giovanna Cruz)
• A Creator and Director, Bloomington Suzuki Cello, Bloomington, IN (Andrea Kleesattel)
• Several students served as visiting professors, Ripon College, WI
• Visiting professor, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (Mark Bridges)
• Visiting professor, University of Evansville, Indiana (Pablo Mahave)
• Cello faculty, UW-Milwaukee String Academy (Trischa Loebel)
• Cello faculty, Israel Conservatory (Raz Cohen)
• Three fellows, New World Symphony Orchestra: (Dan Thomas, Jordan Allen, Sara Sitzer)
• Three core members: Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, Japan (Andrea Kleesattel, Sean Taubner, Philip Bergman)
• Summer festival faculty: Tanglewood, Heifetz International Institute, Eastern Music Festival, Brevard Music Festival, Point Counter Point Music Festival, Encore Chamber Music Institute
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