FACULTY: CELLO

Steven Doane: Professor of Cello, Eastman School of Music. Eisenhardt Award for Excellence in Teaching (Eastman School); Piatigorsky Commendation from the New England Conservatory. Finalist, Tchaikovsky Competition; Naumburg Chamber Music Award (as a member of the New Arts Trio). Recent recitals in Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and London's Wigmore Hall. Soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, Milwaukee, Buffalo and Rochester Philharmonic, and the Irish National Symphony. Masterclasses throughout the U.S. Appearances at the International Cello Festival in Manchester, England and most of the major music institutes in the U.K. Recent recordings on the Bridge label have won the Naird Award in U.S. and the Diapason d'Or in France; other recordings for Caedmon, Gasparo, Pantheon, and Sony. In residence for first three week session.

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Amir Eldan: faculty, Oberlin. Bachelor of Music, cum laude , Cleveland Institute of Music; Master of Music, the Juilliard School; Doctor of Music candidate, the Juilliard School; Studies with Uri Vardi, Peter Wiley, Richard Aaron, and Joel Krosnick. Winner of the Juilliard, Aspen Music Festival, and Cleveland Institute of Music concerto competitions. Winner of the Cleveland Institute of Music Cello Award for Excellence and Achievement. Associate Principal Cello, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Soloist with the Juilliard Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall. Recitals of Bach's six suites at Bargemusic, Columbia University, ENCORE School for Strings Blue Ribbon Series, Windham Chamber Music Festival, La Sierra University, Indiana University, and abroad at the Tel-Aviv Art Museum and the Jerusalem University, Israel. MET Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Hall. Chamber music collaborations with members of the Guarneri and Juilliard string quartets, Richard Goode, Kim Kashkashian, Joseph Silverstein, Midori, and Lynn Harrell.   In residence for full six-week session.

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Rosemary Elliott: Faculty, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y. Former member, National Symphony of Ireland; founding member of the Irish Contemporary Music ensemble, Nua Nos. Concerts and recording work with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, Rochester Philharmonic, the London Mozart Players, the Orchestra of St. John's Smith Square. Appearances at the International Musician's Seminar in Cornwall, England, the Chamber Music Festival of Kerry, Ireland, the Skaneatles and Fortissimo festivals in New York State. In residence for first three week session.

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Andre Emelianoff: Faculty, The Juilliard School; Member, Aeolian Chamber Players. Principal cellist of the New York Chamber Symphony under Gerard Schwarz. Winner of a 1985 Solo Recitalist Award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Has toured as soloist and chamber artist throughout Japan, Russia, Austria and England as well as North America, and gave recitals throughout central Asia and the Mediterranean as an American Ambassador for the Arts, sponsored by the USIA. Cellist with the Da Capo Chamber Players and the Aeolian Chamber Players. Has commissioned and premiered works by Aaron Kernis, Joan Tower, George Perle, Richard Wernick, Shulamit Ran, Stephen Jaffe, and Gerald Levinson. Has recorded for CRI, Opus One, New World Records, Nonesuch, GM Recordings, RCA, Bridge Records, and Pro Arte. Teaches cello at the Mozarteum Salzburg summer course. In residence for second three week session.

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Yehuda Hanani: Faculty, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory. Soloist with Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, New Orleans, San Antonio, Columbus, Richmond, Berlin Radio Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, BBC Welsh Symphony, Buenos Aires Philharmonic, Jerusalem Symphony, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, etc. Collaborated with Leon Fleisher, Aaron Copland, Itzhak Perlman, the Tokyo, and Manhattan quartets, among others. First recording ever of the Alkan Grand Sonate de Concert, receiving a Grand Prix du Disque nomination. Presents master classes at conservatories worldwide including Juilliard, University of Indiana at Bloomington, New England Conservatory, Peabody Conservatory (on the faculty for 10 years), Berlin Hochschule, Paris Conservatoire, Royal Academy and Guildhall in London, Tokyo National University, Utrecht Conservatory, University of Ottawa, Colombia, Israel, Brazil and others. Since making New York debut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has appeared at Carnegie Hall, 92nd Street Y, Lincoln Center. Founder and artistic director of Close Encounters With Music, presenting thematic chamber music concerts in the Berkshires, Scottsdale, and other cities across the US, and leads “BachAnnalia” festival at CCM. In residence for second three-week session.

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Peter Howard: Principal Cellist, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (retired). Prizewinner, Casals International Competition and the International Competition for String Quartets. Soloist with Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and many other orchestras in the United States and Europe. Performed in recitals in Berlin, London, and New York; toured in South America, Australia, and Mexico, and has collaborated in chamber music performances with Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose, Pinchas Zuckerman, Joseph Silverstein, Shlomo Mintz and Lee Luvisi. Served on the faculties of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the Cleveland Institute of Music, Bowling Green State University, and the North Carolina School of the Arts International Music Program. His students have won numerous competitions and awards nationally and internationally, and he has won the Schubert Club teacher of the Year. In residence for full six week session.

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