TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Íma Music Studio,
Cambridge, 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
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
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
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 1997
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, North American Tour, October 2000
- Carnegie Hall - New York City
- The Kennedy Center - Washington, D.C.
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, substitute, 1990-present
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
Festivals
Weathersfield Music Festival, Ludlow, VT, 1994
Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, Brunswick, ME, 1992
Killington Summer Music Festival, Killington, VT, 1988, 1989
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
AWARDS AND HONORS
- 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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