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As you may know, our Administrator of the last 40 years, Esther Prince, passed away on Jan. 13, 2008. We are now in a major organizational transition, and we must request your ongoing patience. At the moment, we have no staff to answer inquiries. You can write to us at info@violoncellosociety.org, and we will take note of your communication, but we trust you will understand if we are not able to respond to everything, at least right away. Please check back to this site for the latest developments, which will be posted here as soon as possible.

Thank you,
the VCS Board of Directors

 

CURRENT OR LATEST EVENT:

Grand Finale of the 2008-09 Season!!! Join us on Mon., May 18 when we are privileged to host   JEFFREY SOLOW    performing a Suite of American Suites and Other Works for Solo Cello    David Bennett Thomas - Sonata (2005)  Ernest Bloch - Suite No. 1 (1956) Aaron Minsky (arr.) - "Dead Cello" - Four Grateful Dead Songs Ernst Toch - Impromptu, Op.90c (1964) Gregor Piatigorsky - Syrinx and A Stroll Grant Beglarian - Elegy for Cellist (1979) Miklós Rózsa - Toccata capricciosa (1979)

"His intonation is irreproachable, his tone uncommonly pure, and he communicates with a musical sensitivity that demands and holds the attention," said the Los Angeles Times about Jeffrey Solow, whose impassioned and compelling cello playing has enthralled audiences throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia.  His concerto appearances include performances of more than forty different works with orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic (also at the Hollywood Bowl), Japan Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the American Symphony (with whom he also recorded).

Mr. Solow has presented recitals throughout the US and in Europe, Japan, Korea, China, and Central and South America.  For ten years he was a member of the Amadeus Trio, and he has been guest artist at many national and international music festivals.  He has recorded for the Columbia, Telefunken, Everest, Delos, Laurel, Kleos, New World, and ABC labels, and has received two Grammy Award nominations.   Following private cello studies with Gabor Rejto in his native Los Angeles, Mr. Solow studied with and assisted the legendary Gregor Piatigorsky at USC.  He went on to win the Young Musicians Foundation's first Gregor Piatigorsky Award, and New York's Young Concert Artists Award.   Mr. Solow is editor of the Violoncello Society Newsletter (NY) and for three years was editor of the Cello Forum in American String Teacher magazine.  A regular contributor to Strad magazine (London), Strings magazine, and American String Teacher, he has also been published in Seminars in Neurology and the book Current Research in Arts Medicine.  The American String Teachers Association selected two of his articles for their publication of the top ten articles from "Cello Forum."  A noted authority on healthy and efficient string playing, he is frequently invited to give lectures and presentations on the subject.   Recognized worldwide as an outstanding teacher, Mr. Solow has presented master classes throughout the United States as well as in Switzerland, Austria, Korea, Guatemala, Norway, France, Argentina, Canada, and at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in China.  He has been a member of the faculties of UCLA, California State University at Northridge, the University of Michigan, and the Peabody Conservatory, and for eight summers he taught cello and chamber music at the renowned Chautauqua Institution in New York State.  Twice he has been artist/teacher at the Gregor Piatigorsky Memorial Seminar for Cellists at USC.  He chaired the American String Teacher Association's prestigious National Solo Competition in 2002 and 2004, served on ASTA's Executive Board, and is currently president of ASTA.  Mr. Solow is professor of cello at Temple University's Esther Boyer College of Music and Dance, and chair of the Department of Instrumental Studies.  He is also president of the Violoncello Society, Inc. of New York, the nation's second-oldest cello society.     BE THERE FOR THIS VERY EXCITING OCCASION!    Monday, May 18, 2009 7:30 P.M. KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION 15 E. 65th St., NYC     Non-member regular admission:  $15 Non-member student admission (with student ID):  $8 Reception Following the Event - Everyone is Invited!

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