Programs

String majors develop as skilled performers who are familiar with the standard solo, ensemble, and orchestral literature for their instruments.

String majors are provided with a wide array of performance opportunities and courses taught by a faculty of dedicated teachers and performers. The programs of study for string majors are designed to develop skilled performers who are familiar with the standard solo, ensemble, and orchestral literature for their instruments. Students will achieve a high degree of professional competence and appropriate stylistic approaches to the literature of various historical periods.

We are fortunate to have had the American String Quartet in residence at Manhattan School of Music since 1984. The ensemble—whose members are violinists Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney, violist Daniel Avshalomov, and cellist Wolfram Koessel—gives a series of concerts and supervises a group of student chamber ensembles.

In addition to studies with our expert faculty, students are provided additional opportunities to play for and observe world-renowned guest artists.

String majors develop as skilled performers who are familiar with the standard solo, ensemble, and orchestral literature for their instruments.

String majors are provided with a wide array of performance opportunities and courses taught by a faculty of dedicated teachers and performers. The programs of study for string majors are designed to develop skilled performers who are familiar with the standard solo, ensemble, and orchestral literature for their instruments. Students will achieve a high degree of professional competence and appropriate stylistic approaches to the literature of various historical periods.

We are fortunate to have had the American String Quartet in residence at Manhattan School of Music since 1984. The ensemble—whose members are violinists Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney, violist Daniel Avshalomov, and cellist Wolfram Koessel—gives a series of concerts and supervises a group of student chamber ensembles.

In addition to studies with our expert faculty, students are provided additional opportunities to play for and observe world-renowned guest artists.

• Symphony Orchestra
• Philharmonia Orchestra
• Chamber Sinfonia
• Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra

Jacqueline Choi (P ’98, DMA ’15), Cello: founding member, Trio Celeste; Artist-in-Residence, Clare Trevor School of the Arts (University of California); Kumho-Asiana Soloists; Perlman Music Program

Kelly Hall-Tompkins (MM ’95, HonDMA ’16), Violin: Soloist/Chamber Musician, Lincoln Center, Queen Elizabeth Hall (London), Tanglewood; Violin, Manhattan School of Music; Violin Soloist, Fiddler on the Roof (Revival, 2015-2016)

Mélanie Genin (AD ’14), Harp: artiste etoile, Prism Chamber Music Festival (Hong Kong); Sonos Auros Trio; co-founder and curator, Harp Forwinesake; musical and visual director, Epicurean Nights; Locrian Chamber Players; project founder, Harpe Porte a Porte

Viviane Hagner (PD ’00), Violin: faculty, Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts; Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Borletti Buitoni Trust Award

Andrew Janss (BM ’06, AD ’12), Cello: Executive Director, Amplify Foundation, Project Music Heals Us Inc.; Manhattan Chamber Players, Solero Quartet+, Escher Quartet (former)

Ori Kam (BM ’97), Viola: Jerusalem String Quartet; founder, Kam-Porat Trio, Israel Chamber Music Society; Whitman String Quartet, Berliner Philharmoniker (former); Professor, Kunst Universitat Graz (Austria), University of Geneva (former)

Gilad Karni (’93), Viola: Huberman Quartet (Former); First Prize Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition (1994); Third Prize ARD Munich International Music Competition (1993)

Dana Leong (BM ’01), Cello: Yamaha artist, United States Musical Ambassador, Broadway (Fela!), Musicians Against Violence (composer)

Chang Ho Lim (PS ’10), Violin: Faculty, Seoul National University, faculty member, Korea National University of Arts (KArts), Rutgers University (former); Goinghome Project Orchestra; former concertmaster, Bergen Symphony (New Jersey)

Elmar Oliveira (BM ’72, HonDMA ’85), Violin: Soloist, Boston/Chicago/Cleveland/Philadelphia Orchestras, New York/London Philharmonics; only U.S. violinist to win Gold Medal at Tchaikovsky International Competition (1978); First Recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize (1983); First Prize, Naumburg International Competition (1976)

Marc Ramirez (BM ’94, MM ’96), Double Bass: Principal, Gulbenkian Orchestra (Lisbon); Piaget University Institute, Higher National Academy of Orchestra; Artist, Upton Bass String Instrument Co.

Xiao Wang (BM ’13, MM ’15, AD ’16), Violin: Soloist, National Concert Hall, Carnegie Hall, Gewandhaus, Kammermusiksaal (Berlin Philharmonic), National Center for Performing Art (Beijing), Seoul Art Center

Itamar Zorman (AD ’10), Violin: Violin and Composition faculty, Eastman School of Music; Top Prize of International Tchaikovsky Competition (2011)