FACULTY: DOUBLE BASS

Kurt Muroki : Adjunct Professor of double bass at the Juilliard School, the New Jersey City University and faculty/Artist in Residence at Stony Brook University. A native of Maui, Hawaii, studied at the Juilliard School with Homer R. Mensch. Regularly performing as guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Kurt has also performed with the Tokyo Opera Nomori, Metropolitan Opera orchestra, Speculum Musicae, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Sospeso, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Saito Kinen Festival Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, New York City Ballet, EOS Orchestra, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Marlboro Music Festival, Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, International Sejong Soloists, and the all bass ensemble "Low Expectations". Mr. Muroki is also active playing movie music with past titles including Intolerable Cruelty, The Departed, and The Good Shepherd. He has won numerous competitions including 1st prize in the Aspen Music Festival double bass competition, the first bassist to win the New World Symphony concerto competition, and the Honolulu Symphony Young Artists competition. He has performed chamber music concerts with members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, Tokyo, Colorado quartets, Lynn Harrell, Robert McDuffy, and Andre Watts among others. He has also performed concerto tours throughout Asia and the United States. In residence for full six-week session

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