2010 Season of MSCM
2010 Concert Program (pdf)
2010 Musicians
Estelle Choi, cello
A native of Calgary, Alberta, Estelle Choi began her musical studies under the tutelage of John Kadz at the Mount Royal College Conservatory. Even at an early age, Estelle began to show promise as a cellist with her numerous awards at the local, provincial and national level. Estelle has taken many first prizes in the Calgary Kiwanis Festival, the Alberta Provincial Music Festival, the Calgary Concerto Competition, and the Canadian Music Competition. As a chamber musician, she has been a member of numerous ensembles that have been awarded first prize at the Alberta Provincial Festival as well as the Canadian Music Competition. Estelle has participated in such programs as the Morningside Music Bridge in Calgary, Banff Centre for the Arts Chamber Music, Masterclass and Orchestra residencies, Great Mountains Music Festival in Korea, Pacific Music Festival String Quartet Course held in Sapporo, Japan as well as Yellow Barn. Estelle has recently completed her Certificate in Performance at the Yale School of Music with Professor Aldo Parisot and now continues her studies with Professor Ronald Leonard at the Colburn Conservatory of Music.
Sage Cole, violin
A native of Massachusetts, Sage Cole received her BA in music, summa cum laude, from Barnard College, and her MM in violin performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was the first violinist of the Graduate Fellowship Quartet. Sage has studied at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, Manhattan School of Music, and the Accademia Internazionale della Musica in Milan; her major teachers include Maria Benotti, Curtis Macomber, and David Perry. Sage has been a member of the Madison Symphony, the Madison Ballet, the Madison Opera orchestras, and has performed with the Vinca Quartet. A founding member of the Hudson Quartet, Sage lives in New York City and is on the faculty at the Calhoun School and the Diller-Quaile School of Music.
Jonina Mazzeo, viola
Violist Jonina Allan Mazzeo originally hails from Salem, Oregon, but has lived in Massachusetts since 2000. After graduating magna cum laude from Wellesley College, Jonina studied with Marcus Thompson at the New England Conservatory, where she earned a master of music in viola performance. She has performed in orchestras in the United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, New Zealand, and Australia, and has been a member of the Albany Symphony Orchestra and the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, where she held the Sandra Shaw chair. She has appeared with Emmanuel Music, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Sol y Canto, and Son de las Americas mariachi, and has collaborated with composers John Harbison, Steve Reich, Liza White, and Dan VanHassel. As a member of the Fens Trio (flute, viola, and harp), she won 2nd prize in the 2008 International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition. Jonina studied chamber music with members of the Concord, American, and Borromeo String Quartets, and has participated in the Spoleto Festival USA, the Aspen Music Festival, and as a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center.
Emily Rideout, viola
Emily Rideout is an active violist and music educator in the Boston area. She performs frequently on both modern and Baroque viola, and serves as principal violist of the Marsh Chapel Collegium. Ms. Rideout has recently appeared as a guest with the Avalon String Quartet (prior winners of the Fischoff Competition), the Muir String Quartet, and the Lukens Piano Trio, as well as with members of the Emerson String Quartet, Boston Baroque, and the Handel and Haydn Society. She recently appeared in a solo performance as one of the young artists invited to perform at the Boston Symphony Orchestra open house at Symphony Hall. Her recent awards include the Viola Prize at the Boston University Bach Competition (2005 and 2006), selection as the Young Artist intern at Icicle Creek Music Institute, and full-tuition fellowships awarded by The Banff Centre, Boston University, and SUNY Stony Brook.
Emily is an active teacher, serving on the faculties of the Suzuki School of Newton and as assistant to Michelle LaCourse at Boston University. She is also an enthusiastic folk musician, having appeared at numerous New England venues as fiddle player in the band Three Tall Pines, with whom she recently completed an album of original music. Emily holds degrees from SUNY Stony Brook and Moravian College, and recently completed the doctoral program at Boston University.
Sarah Schram, oboe
Sarah Schram, oboist, maintains an active orchestral and chamber music career in and around New York City. She has performed with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Long Island Philharmonic, New Haven Symphony, and the New World Symphony. As a chamber musician, she is a member of the American Modern Ensemble and the Aeros Wind Quintet. In addition, her Broadway credits include Wicked and Les Miserables. A longtime proponent of new music, she has performed at the June in Buffalo festival, the Next Wave Festival, and New York’s Newsday described her performance in the Composer Potraits series at the Miller Theater as “played with heroic ferocity.” She has performed at various festivals, including Sarasota, Spoleto USA, Roundtop, Banff, AIMS in Graz, and the Amherst Early Music Festival. Ms. Schram completed her Bachelor’s of Music at the Eastman School of Music and Master’s of Music at Yale University. Her principal teachers have been Richard Killmer and Alex Klein. She grew up in Milton, Massachusetts.
Verena Sennekamp, cello
Verena Sennekamp, a laureate of the New England Chamber Music Competition 2008 recently graduated from the Yale School of Music as a student of Aldo Parisot. She received a Bachelor’s degree at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam where she studied with Dmitri Ferschtman and holds a Diploma from Musikhochschule Karlsruhe. She has appeared at various international music festivals such as Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Banff, Accademia Chigiana Siena, Carl Flesch Akademie and London Masterclasses. Ms. Sennekamp’s recent engagements include solo and chamber music recitals in Stuttgart, Geneva, Cologne and Heidelberg. As a member of The Yale Cellos she has toured Korea and the United States and appeared several times at Carnegie Hall. Ms. Sennekamp regularly works with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva, Switzerland.
Lorna Tsai began her studies at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School in Boston at the age of five. She was very involved in the large ensemble and chamber music programs while in high school, with her quartet being twice Semi-Finalists at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition Junior Division. Lorna went on to graduate with her Bachelor Degree in Violin Performance from Northwestern University and her Masters in Violin Performance from Yale University. Previous teachers include Marylou Speaker Churchill, Roland and Almita Vamos and Ani Kavafian. In 2007, Lorna won a one-year position with the Louisville Orchestra for the 2007-2008 season. Lorna is currently a member of the New World Symphony, an orchestral academy located in Miami Beach, Florida. During the summers Lorna participates in music festivals that have included Spoleto Festival USA, Tanglewood Music Center, Pacific Music Festival and Aspen Music Festival.
