Trond Saeverud, Violinist
Trond Saeverud has been a frequent soloist with orchestras in Norway and Denmark, has produced CD’s with orchestras in both countries and regularly premieres new works dedicated to him. Concert tours in Japan, U.S.A. and Europe have been combined with work as concertmaster of several Scandinavian orchestras. Trond Saeverud had a very successful London debut in 1992 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. His New York debut was as soloist with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at the Lincoln Center. The New York Times described his playing as a “.....warm-toned affectionate account.” Saeverud’s latest CD “HIKA” was chosen as “Strad Selection” in the May 2002 issue of The Strad : “.....(a) gem of a disc.....outmost fragility.....shimmeringly beautiful.....makes every phrase speak.”

Currently, Trond lives in Robbinston, Maine, where he is the artistic director of the Harald Saeverud Chamber Music Program - an international camp and festival for advanced music students. This summer, students came from Japan, Ireland, Norway, Canada and the USA.

Instruction Dates:

July 13-17

Sheng-Tsung Wang Admired by the Washington Post for his “delicate phrasing and nuances,” violinist Sheng-Tsung Wang is a seasoned performer at venues like Alice Tully Hall, Kennedy Center, and the Smithsonian Museums. He presented his Carnegie Hall début with three solo and chamber concerts and has performed with Earl Carlyss and Stephen Kates.
 
With the Gemini Piano Trio, he has worked with Menahem Pressler, Cho-Liang Lin, and Ida Kavafian. The San Diego Union-Tribune hailed the trio as "mind readers, anticipating each other's every move" while Music Monthly praised their "amazing virtuosity." Heard on NPR, the trio has earned top prizes in numerous competitions. Of their début CD, the American Record Guide proclaims, "There is an admirable balance between confidence, polished technique, and impulsive romantic ardor in this performance."
 
Receiving his Bachelors and Masters from the Peabody Conservatory studying with Victor Danchenko, he captured first prize in the Marbury Competition and was appointed concertmaster for the Peabody Symphony. Summers were spent in France and Italy, as La Gesse Festival’s resident violinist, the Quartet Program, Taos and Yellow Barn Music Festivals, working with Robert McDonald, Charles Castleman, and the Brentano String Quartet. Currently completing his Doctorate at the University of Maryland College Park with Gerald Fischbach, Mr. Wang holds current and past teaching positions at Howard Community College and the Peabody Preparatory.

Instruction Dates:

Aug 3-7

Beginning violin studies in her native Taiwan at the age of ten, violinist Yi-Hsin Lin quickly achieved success when she won Second Prize in the Northern Taipei Teen Violin Competition. A seasoned performer, Dr. Lin recently presented her Carnegie Hall debut in New York at Weill Recital Hall. Of the performance, the New York Concert Review admired how Dr. Lin "projected her sound with solidity, warmth and elegance."

She has concertized in Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Belgium, and Canada, as well as venues such as the Kennedy Center, Taiwan National Concert and Recital Hall, and Strathmore Hall. She has appeared with the National Philharmonic, Concert Artists of Baltimore, Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, Library of Congress Orchestra, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, and the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. She has also served as principal for the Soochow University Orchestra, University of Maryland Symphony, Maryland Sinfonietta, and as associate concertmaster for the National Christian Choir Orchestra.

Dr. Lin holds a B.M. from Taiwan’s Soochow University studying with Chung-Cheng Chen, a M.M. from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University studying with Violaine Melançon, and a D.M.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park, studying with James Stern.

She has performed in masterclasses by Sylvia Rosenberg, Nai-Yuan Hu, conductor Felix Chiu-Shen Chen, and the Peabody Trio. She has also worked with members of the Guarneri String Quartet, as well as Keng-Yuen Tseng, Marian Hahn, Lynn Chang, and Peter Zazofsky. Summers have been spent at the Aria Music Festival in Toronto studying with Ilya Kaler and James Buswell, and at the Heifetz International Music Institute in Maryland as a scholarship student of Marc Ramirez and Daniel Heifetz.

Dr. Lin holds faculty positions at the Music Institute of Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland and the Summerkeys Music Festival in Maine. She is also active teaching group classes and serving as juror for the D.C. Youth Orchestra.

Instruction Dates:

Aug 3-7

Violist/Violinst Margret Hjaltested is an active performer and teacher in the New York area. She has joined such orchestras as the Opera Orchestra of New York, Westchester Philharmonic, Concert Royal and the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. Since 1998, she has toured the Far East annually with the New York Symphonic Ensemble. Margret is currently on the faculty of the Queens College preparatory division and the United Nations School. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School of Music and The Mannes College of Music.

Instruction Dates:

Aug 24-28; Aug 31-Sept 4

Dr. Phillip Coonce (B Mus., University of New Mexico, M. Mus., SUNY at Stony Brook, and DMA, Manhattan school of Music) has studied with Leonard Felberg, Hiroko Yajima, Felix Galimir, Blanche Moyse and Raphael Bronstein. He has performed with the New Jersey Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, The Hudson Chamber Players and the Martha Graham Ballet. A member of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and the Right as Rain Bluegrass Trio, Dr. Coonce is on the faculties of the Joiner Academy, Playweek and Summertrios. He is also the author of Toquemos el Violín, and is the inventor of the Don’t Fret Finger Position Indicator.

Instruction Dates:

Aug 10-14; Aug 17-21