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| James D. Craig (Piano,
Guitar, Double Bass) |
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| Heath
Hitchcock (Guitar) |
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MM Performance,
Classical Guitar, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD. B.S.E.D. Music,
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Mr. Hitchcock's career
accomplishments include: Music Instructor, Saint Francis of Assisi; Substitute
Teacher, Moravian Academy and Bethlehem School District, and private instruction
through Strings and Keys, Bethlehem Conservatory and West Chester University. |
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Linda
L. Kistler (Violin) |
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Ms. Kistler earned
an MM in violin performance from Juilliard School of Music; B.M. in
Violin Performance from Oberlin Conservatory. Ms. Kistler has studied
under Ivan Galamian, James Buswell, Andor Toth, Harry Shub, Charles Castleman,
Ann Rylands.
Honors and Awards:
Fellow, Bach Aria Festival at Stony Brook, New York; First prize - Young
Artists Competition, Pennsylvania State University; and the Young Artists
Award, Bethlehem Friends of Music Competition.
Teaching assignments:
Teacher at CMS; private studio work; Artist-lecturer at Moravian
College; former violin instructor at Lehigh University and Cedar Crest
College.
Students of Ms. Kistler have been accepted at Oberlin Conservatory, Temple
School of Music, Hartt College of Music, and SUNY Purchase. Several of
her students have been the winners of the Bethlehem Friends of Music Young
Artists Competition, the Allentown Symphony Young Artists Competition,
and Young Philharmonic of the Lehigh Valley Concerto Competition.
Performance engagements:
Solo performances with the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, Schuykill
Symphony Orchestra, Moravian College Orchestra, Lafayette College Chamber
Orchestra, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. She has also done solo
recitals at Cedar Crest College Artists Series, in Bethlehem, in State
College and Oberlin. Chamber music performances have included Larchmont
Chamber Music Circle with James Buswell, violin and Leslie Parnas, cello.
Currently Ms. Kistler is performing with the Festival Orchestra of Bethlehem
Bach Choir, Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, and the Allentown Symphony
Orchestra. |
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Dr.
Richard Metzger
(Guitar) |
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Dr. Metzger received his Ph.D. in Musicology from Rutgers,
State University of New Jersey; M.A. in Musicology, from Marywood College;
B.F.A. in String Performance, Pennsylvania State University. Private
studies include work with William Matthews, Alice, Artzt, and Michael
Newman.
Dr. Metzger’s professional activities include
teaching positions with (current) Lehigh Carbon Community College;
(current) New York University;
(current) Rutgers University;
(current)
Richard’s performance activity has included
classical guitar, lute, and jazz guitar performances in venues throughout
the northeastern
United States including museums, libraries, art galleries, arts festivals,
and university recital halls including Johns Hopkins University, Pennsylvania
State University, Lehigh University, and Rutgers University as well as
performances on concert programs produced by National Public Radio affiliate
WVIA, ABC, and CBS television network affiliate stations.
Dr. Metzger has authored several books; recorded
The Willoughby Lute Book; and composed, conducted, and performed the
music for “The
Once and Future City” a PBS documentary film aired throughout the
eastern United States.
CMS warmly welcomes Dr. Richard Metzger to the faculty of Community
Music School effective January 2006. |
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David
Moulton
(Cello) |
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David Moulton received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees
in performance from the University of Michigan where he was a student
of Jerome Jelinek and Samuel Mayes. He studied chamber music with Eugene
Bossart. David spent three seasons as a Fellowship holder at the Aspen
Music Festival serving as Principal Cellist of the Aspen Chamber Symphony
while continuing his studies with Robert Gardner and Yehuda Hanani.
David’s orchestral career has included serving as Associate Principal
Cellist in the Toledo Symphony and Symphony Nova Scotia, and Principal
Cellist with the Honolulu Symphony, where he performed both orchestral
and chamber music concerts on all the Hawaiian Islands. Summer festival
performances have included the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, and
the Spoleto Festival in Italy. Currently, Mr. Moulton is a member of
the Opera Company of Philadelphia Orchestra and is Principal Cellist
for the Allentown Symphony Orchestra. He performs regularly with the
Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic.
Chamber music work includes frequent performances with the Lukens Piano
Trio; the Moravian String Quartet, and the mixed strings and winds ensemble,
SATORI. David is an Artist-Lecturer at Moravian College in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania. |
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Sharon Olsher
(Suzuki Strings, viola) |
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Sharon began playing the violin at the age of
two through Dr. Suzuki's "mother
tongue" approach. At fifteen, she attended the Walnut Hill School
for the Performing Arts in Massachusetts where she studied viola with Lisa
Suslowitz. Sharon continued her major, viola, at the Manhattan School of
Music where she studied under Karen Dreyfus, Daniel Avshlomov, and Pamela
Frank. In July 2003, Ms Olsher attended the Suzuki Teacher Training Institute
in Ithaca, New York and is a registered teacher with the Suzuki Association
of the Americas.
Her performance experience includes orchestral work
under conductors Benjamin Zander, Zcadnek Macal, David Gilbert, and Kurt
Mazur. Ms. Olsher will be performing with the newly founded Monocacy
Chamber Orchestra and is a founding member of both the Loudermilk and
Steel Strings String Quartets. She is the viola section coach for the
Junior String Philharmonic and the Lehigh University Philharmonic. During
the summer of 2007, Ms. Olsher appeared as the ‘Fiddler’ in
Muhlenberg Summer Theatre’s production of “Fiddler on the
Roof.” |
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Stefan Xhori
(violin) |
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Stefan was born and raised in Albania. There he
completed his training in the Professional High School of Music; earned
a Diploma in Violin Performance and Violin Technique at the National
Conservatory of Music. Stefan served as violin instructor and concertmaster
for the Gjirokaster Symphony Orchestra. Currently, Mr. Xhori is teaching
violin at the Delaware Music School and at Community Music School Lehigh
Valley, while performing with regional symphony ensembles including Reading,
Pottstown, and Kennett orchestras. Stefan is the assistant concertmaster
for the Allentown Symphony Orchestra. |
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