Ithaca College Chamber Music Institute 2001

Institute Faculty

DEBRA MOREE, Ithaca, N.Y., associate professor of viola at Ithaca College; M.M., B.M., Indiana University Bloomington. Moree is active as a clinician and recitalist through- out the United States. She is a former member of the viola faculty at Memphis State University and the University of Northern Colorado and has taught at Indiana University Bloomington, the Meadow- mount School for Strings, Interlochen National Arts Camp, the Merrywood Music School, and Killington Music Festival in Vermont. Moree is principal violist of the Binghamton Philharmonic and a member of the Ariadne String Quartet; previously, she was a member of the Memphis String Quartet, the Colorado Arts Piano Quartet, the Memphis Symphony, and the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra.

SUSAN SELIGMAN, New Paltz, N.Y., principal cellist of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic; faculty member at the State University of New York at New Paltz; teacher of cello at Vassar College and in her own private studio. Seligman performs extensively throughout the Hudson Valley and in New York City as a member of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Quartet (now in its 17th season) and of the piano trio Innisfree, in residence at Poughkeepsie Day School. She also performs with the Pone Ensemble, featuring new and American music, and La Grande Ecurie, a historic instruments ensemble. Seligman has performed in festivals in France, Italy, and Brazil. Her discography includes chamber music recordings on Soundspells, Albany, and Parnassus Records. She recently worked with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Quartet on a compact disc of music of New York State composers. She is a former student of Janos Starker and Aldo Parisot.

JOHN LINDSEY, Potsdam, N.Y., member of the violin faculty at the Crane School of Music of the State University of New York College at Potsdam; member of the Aurora Quintet, Ruggieri Chamber Soloists, and Potsdam Piano Quartet; concertmaster of the Orchestra of Northern New York and the Hanover (N.H.) Chamber Orchestra. Lindsey received Potsdam’s 1993 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and was named teacher of the year. Previously, he was chairman of strings at Baylor University and the University of Kentucky; concertmaster of the Dallas Chamber Players and the Lexington Philharmonic and Warren Chamber Orchestras; and a member of the Concord Trio, the Lexington String Quartet, and the Quartetto da Camera. In 1989 Lindsey was chosen as the Allegro artist in residence for the city of Dayton, Ohio. He has been on the summer faculties of the Governor’s School of North Carolina, the National Music Camp and Chamber Music Conference in Interlochen, Michigan, and the Stage de Musique in Marcillat-en-Combraille, France.

GEORGE MYERS, Trumansburg, N.Y., director of orchestras at Ithaca High School. From 1980 to 1996 Myers was on the faculty at Hamilton College, where he taught viola, violin, and chamber music. He is a member of the Aurora Quintet and a frequent performer with the Catskill Chamber Players. Myers is a graduate of Hunter College and received his master’s degree in performance from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He has been guest conductor at several all-state festivals in the upstate area. He has performed at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, and toured Europe as soloist with the Ostschweizer Kammerorchester.

MARLA RATHBUN, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is an active private studio teacher and coaches small ensembles. She is first violinist of the Taghkanic String Quartet; a member of the Aurora Quintet, the Amor Artis Orchestra, and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic; principal second violinist with the Connecticut Grand Opera Orchestra; and a freelance violinist in the greater New York City area. Rathbun received her B.M.E. from Capital University, then worked as principal second violinist with the Savannah Symphony and Savannah String Quartet and taught at Savannah State College. While earning her M.M. in violin performance at Southern Illinois University, she was assistant concertmaster of the St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Quito, Ecuador, Rathbun played in and directed a small chamber orchestra, performed with a string quartet as first violinist, and was concertmaster of Quito National Symphony. She has directed the Suzuki program at Dutchess Community College and coordinated the music program at Poughkeepsie Day School. She is a former student of Raphael Bronstein and Ariana Bronne.

Andrejs Ozolins, Ithaca College Office of Publications, 26. Jan. 2001