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Dr. Carole Cowan has been concertmaster of
the Hudson Valley Philharmonic since 1978 and is an active chamber musician,
soloist, and teacher. First violinist of the HVP String Quartet (the
quartet-in-residence at the State University of New York at New Paltz), Ms.
Cowan has also performed with many chamber musicians, including the Emerson and
Alexander string quartets. She performed for ten summers at the Festival Casals
in Puerto Rico and has served as concertmaster and soloist in festivals in Spain
and Italy. She is a full professor at SUNY-New Paltz and is conductor of
the College-Youth Symphony of the Hudson Valley. Her private students have won
scholarships and competitions at festivals and conservatories in the United
States and abroad. An alumna of the Aspen Music Festival and School, Ms. Cowan
has spent thirty summers with the AMFS, where she is currently assistant
concertmaster of the Aspen Festival Orchestra. She has recorded on New World
Records with the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, on Soundspells the works of Meyer
Kupferman, and on Albany Records the music of Robert Starer. Ms. Cowan studied
with Toshiya Eto, Steven Staryk, Broadus Erle, and Dorothy DeLay. She holds a
Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale University School of Music. |
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