Íma Jonsdottir,violinist
Phone: (617) 734-3599
Fax: (617) 266-7643
Email: ima@learningviolin.com
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
êma Music Studio, Cambridge and Brookline, MA, 2002 - present
Private instructor, violin
Melrose Public Schools, Melrose, MA, 1997- 2003
Private instructor, violin
Wood and String, Arlington, MA, 1997- 2002
Private instructor, violin
Tufts Music Center, Medford, MA, 1997- 2001
Private instructor, violin
Brookline Adult and Community Education, Brookline, MA, 1996-1999
Class instructor, violin
New England Conservatory of Music, Prep School, Boston, MA, 1997-1998
Class instructor, Introduction to Improvisation for Strings
Private instructor, violin improvisation
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA, 1996-1997
Assistant teacher of Graduate Third Stream Ear Training
Assistant teacher of Indian Modal Improvisation
Weathersfield Music Festival, Ludlow, VT, 1994
Assistant violin teacher for Almita Vamos
Coach, string quartet
Freiburg University Orchestra, Icelandic Tour, 1993
Coach, violin sectionals
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PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Chamber Music and Ensembles
Bjork, pop artist, band member
World Tour, Europe, Russia, Japan, USA, Canada, 2003
South American Concert Tour, August 1998
European music festivals, including the Montreaux Jazz Festival, 1998
North American Concert Tour, May 1998
Musical guest on The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno, May 1998
TV appearances, Live & Loud, MTV London, & Canal plus Paris, Feb 1998
European Concert Tour, November 1997
MTV European Music Awards, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1997
Andromeda4, band member
2006 Independent Music Awards, for Adam Larrabee's tune Norwegian Slip
Boston and New York City clubs - e.g. Club Passim, Johnny D's, Tribeca Rock Club, 2005-present
NEMO Music Festival, Boston, MA, October 2005
Boston area House Concerts, 2001-present
Reykjav’k, Iceland, Jan 2003
Warwick, New York, June 2003
American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA, House Band for "Snow in June", fall 2003
Mark Dresser, contemporary composer & improviser
European Concert Tour, March 2000
Boston concert, February 1998
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Featured violinist, Maine Tour, Maine, August 2001
Featured violinist, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1999
New England Conservatory of Music
Contemporary Improvisation Honors Trio concert, Boston, MA, Feb 1997
Contemporary Improvisation Department Concerts, Boston, MA 1995-1997
Reykjavik String Orchestra
Aberdeen International Youth Festival, Aberdeen, Scotland 1991
Orchestral
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, substitute, 1990-present
North American Tour, October 2000
Carnegie Hall - New York City
The Kennedy Center - Washington, D.C.
Plymouth Philharmonic, 2003-2005
Solos
New England Conservatory of Music Jazz Big Band, September 1997
conducted by Gunther Schuller, featured solo violinist
Master of Music Recital, Williams Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, March 1997
Theater
American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA, fall 2003
House Band, Andromeda, for "Snow in June"
The Boston Revels
Stage Musician, spring production 2001
Festivals
NEMO Music Festival, Boston, MA, 2005
Weathersfield Music Festival, Ludlow, VT, 1994
Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, Brunswick, ME, 1992
Killington Summer Music Festival, Killington, VT, 1988, 1989
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EDUCATION
Schools and Lessons
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA, 1997
Master of Music in Contemporary Improvisation, violin
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, OH, 1993-1995
Private lessons, violin
Participated in chamber music
Reykjavik Conservatory of Music, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1992
Violin Performance Diploma
Hamrahlid College, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1990
Graduate in the Field of Music
Principal Teachers
Abby Rabinovitz
Hankus Netsky
Dominique Eade
Almita Vamos
Roland Vamos
Conductors and Coaches
Gunther Schuller
Ran Blake
Robert Shaw
Paul Zukovsky
Masterclasses
Eugene Fodor
Donald Weilerstein
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AWARDS AND HONORS
2006 Independent Music Awards, awarded to Andromeda4 for the tune Norwegian Slip written by Adam Larrabee.
Winner, New England Conservatory of Music, Improvising Honors Trio, Boston, MA 1996-1997
Recipient, New England Conservatory of Music, Scholarship, Boston, MA 1995-1997
Recipient, Bank of Iceland Arts Scholarship, Reykjavik, Iceland 1994
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