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Courtney Orlando

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 B.M. (violin, summa cum laude), Temple University; M.A. (theory pedagogy) and D.M.A. (violin), Eastman School of Music. Violin studies with Oleh Krysa and Jonathan Beiler.  Founding member of Alarm Will Sound new music ensemble and the Peabody CAGE (Conservatory Avant-Garde Ensemble). Member of the jazz fusion ensemble, Neos. Additional performances with the Zankel Band, the Washington Contemporary Music Forum, and the Rochester Publick Musick.  Performances at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Columbia University's Miller Theatre, Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall, the Knitting Factory, the Lincoln Center Festival, Amsterdam's Holland Festival, Boston's Gardner Museum, the Banff Centre, and June in Buffalo. Premieres of works include those by John Adams, Meredith Monk, Wolfgang Rihm, Augusta Read Thomas, David Lang, and Michael Gordon.  Recordings on Chandos, Bridge, Cantaloupe, Tzadik, and Suigeneris. Forthcoming recordings on Winter & Winter and Nonesuch. Current faculty, York College of Pennsylvania.  Former faculty, Eastman and Syracuse University. Member, Pi Kappa Lambda. Other recent accomplishments include summitting her first fourteener (Colorado's Mt. Elbert - 14, 433 feet) and successfuly cooking a Bolognese sauce. Is a happy dog and home owner with her husband, pianist Ken Osowski,  and hopes to one day be a dancing Santa at a Flaming Lips concert.

 

 

Upcoming Performances

 

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