Alumni
More than 2,000 leading musicians consider Marlboro to be among their most important artistic influences
Thousands of young musicians who spent formative summers at Marlboro have gone on to become members of leading ensembles, many of which formed at Marlboro; acclaimed recitalists; principal members of major orchestras; and respected teachers. They are sharing with students, colleagues, and audiences everywhere the artistic and life lessons they received on this peaceful Vermont hilltop.
In 1964, the Guarneri String Quartet became the first of many major chamber ensembles to form at Marlboro. Since then, many other artists who spent formative summers in Vermont would go on to form or join other ensembles that have changed the chamber music landscape. When the Guarneri was founded, Musical America’s Directory of the Performing Arts listed 113 chamber ensembles; today, that list contains some 650 groups. Marlboro is widely credited with playing a major role in this remarkable growth and in a similar increase in the number of chamber music concert series and festivals active today throughout the U.S.
Our Alumni
We invite you to browse a partial list of participants, past and present, who developed their artistry at Marlboro and are now passing on their knowledge and experiences to new generations.
Music School Faculty Members
Curtis Institute of Music
Misha Amory, viola
Shmuel Ashkenasi, violin
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Richard Danielpour, composition
Roberto Diaz, viola, president
Pamela Frank, violin
Elizabeth Hainen, harp
Gary Hoffman, cello
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Erin Keefe, violin
Yumi Kendell, cello
Christine Jeong Hyoun Lee, cello
Julianne Lee, chamber music [violin]
Joel Link, chamber music [violin]
Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon
Robert McDonald, piano
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Edgar Meyer, bass
Midori Goto, violin
Jennifer Montone, horn
Katherine Needleman, oboe
Michael Rusinek, clarinet
Ignat Solzhenitsyn, piano
David Starobin, guitar
Peter Wiley, cello
Amy Yang, piano
Juilliard School
*also includes Pre-College, Music Advancement Program, and Extension
Misha Amory, viola
Toby Appel, viola
Emanuel Ax, piano
Bradley Balliett, history and appreciation [bassoon] *Extension
Eric Bartlett, cello
Lydia Brown, collaborative piano department chair
Molly Carr, viola
Catherine Cho, violin
Timothy Cobb, double bass department chair
Ronald Copes, violin department chair
Ellen dePasquale, violin *Pre-College, *Music Advancement Program
Elaine Douvas, woodwind department chair [oboe]
Timothy Eddy, cello
Bart Feller, flute *Pre-College
David Finckel, cello
Leonard Fu, violin
Zlatomir Fung, cello
Marc Goldberg, bassoon *Pre-College
Randall Goosby, violin *Pre-College
Midori Goto, violin, chamber music
Hilary Hahn, violin
Andrew Hsu, theory [piano]
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Frank Huang, violin
Nathan Hughes, oboe
David Krauss, trumpet *Pre-College
Nina Lee, cello, chamber music
Joseph Lin, violin
Jerome Lowenthal, piano, chamber music
David Ludwig, music division dean and director [composer]
Robert McDonald, piano, chamber music
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Jennifer Montone, horn
Charles Neidich, clarinet
Paul Neubauer, viola
Cynthia Phelps, viola, orchestral repertory
Daniel Phillips, violin
Zvi Plesser, cello, chamber music
Samuel Rhodes, viola department chair
Patrick Romano, chorus [tenor] *Pre-College
Sylvia Rosenberg, violin
Astrid Schween, cello
Laurie Smukler, violin
Mark Steinberg, violin, chamber music
Jo-Ann Sternberg, clarinet *Music Advancement Program
Linda Strommen, visiting faculty [oboe]
Naoko Tanaka, violin
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Donald Weilerstein, violin
Carol Wincenc, flute
Shai Wosner, piano
Yi Qun Xu, chamber music [cello] *Music Advancement Program
University of Southern California Thornton School of Music
Glenn Dicterow, violin, strings
Karen Dreyfus, viola, strings
Yehuda Gilad, clarinet, winds & percussion
Catherine [Ransom] Karoly, flute, winds & percussion
Julie Landsman, horn, winds & percussion
Yura Lee, viola, strings
Manhattan School of Music
*also includes Precollege
Pascal Archer, clarinet *Precollege
Jordan Bak, viola
Michelle [Reed] Baker, horn department chair, chamber music, orchestral performance program
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Matthias Buchholz, viola, artist in residence with American String Quartet
Molly Carr, viola
Timothy Cobb, double bass, orchestra performance program
Eugene Drucker, strings [violin]
David Jolley, horn, chamber music, windscape
David Krakauer, clarinet, chamber music, contemporary music program [bass clarinet]
David Krauss, trumpet, orchestral performance program
Zara Lawler, flute *Precollege
Julia Lichten, cello, chamber music
Charles Neidich, clarinet, classical woodwinds
Michael Parloff, flute
Todd Phillips, violin, chamber music
Samuel Rhodes, viola, chamber music
Ryan Roberts, oboe
Sylvia Rosenberg, violin, chamber music
Susan Rotholz, flute *Precollege
Lucy Shelton, voice [sprechstimme]
Mark Steinberg, violin, chamber music
Meng Wang, theory, ear training [viola] *Precollege
Cong Wu, viola
New England Conservatory of Music
Paul Biss, violin [viola]
Lynn Chang, violin
Lucy Chapman, violin
John Ferrillo, oboe
D’Anna Fortunato, voice [mezzo-soprano]
Miriam Fried, violin
Rebecca Gitter, viola
Marc Goldberg, bassoon
Veronica Jochum [Von Moltke], piano
Wenting Kang, viola
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Mickey Katz, cello
Paul Katz, cello
Soovin Kim, violin
Yeesun Kim, cello
Renée Krimsier, flute
Laurence Lesser, cello
Max Levinson, piano [celesta]
Ayano Ninomiya, violin
Kenneth Radnofsky, saxophone [basset horn]
Melissa Reardon, viola
Paula Robison, flute
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Marcus Thompson, viola
Donald Weilerstein, violin
Vivan Hornik Weilerstein, piano
Peter Zazofsky, violin
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Timothy LeFebvre, voice [baritone]
Robert Walters, oboe & english horn [oboe]
Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester
David Bowlin, violin
Katherine Ciesinski, voice [mezzo-soprano]
Steven Doane, cello
Kiera Duffy, voice [soprano]
Anthony Dean Griffey, voice [tenor]
Frank Huang, violin, quartet in residence
YooJin Jang, violin
Renée Jolles, violin
Ahrim Kim, cello, orchestral repertory
Masumi Per Rostad, viola
Robin Scott, violin, quartet in residence
Philip Ying, viola, quartet in residence
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Eli Eban, clarinet
James Ehnes, violin
Joseph Gramley, percussion
Mark Holloway, viola, string chamber music, quartet in residence
Kyung Sun Lee, violin
Kurt Muroki, double bass
Marietta Simpson, voice [mezzo-soprano]
Linda Strommen, oboe
Peter Stumpf, cello
Russell Thomas, voice [tenor]
Itamar Zorman, violin
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Caroline Coade, viola
Amir Eldan, cello
Pei-Ling Lin, viola, quartet in residence
Northwestern University Bienen School of Music
Michael Henoch, oboe
Todd Levy, clarinet
David McGill, bassoon
Gerardo Ribeiro, violin
Wei Yu, cello
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Carey Bell, clarinet
Jeremy Denk, piano
Dimitri Murrath, viola
Madeline Prager, viola
Jerome Simas, clarinet, woodwind chamber music, woodwinds department chair
Jonathan Vinocour, viola
Cleveland Institute of Music Conservatory
Kathryn Brown, piano, chamber music
Franklin Cohen, clarinet, chamber music, clarinet department chair
Richard King, horn, chamber music
Amy Lee, chamber music [violin]
Todd Phillips, violin, chamber orchestra director
Frank Rosenwein, oboe
Philip Setzer, violin, string and piano chamber music artistic director
Daniel Shapiro, piano, chamber music
Wei Yu, cello
Rice University Shepherd School of Music
James Dunham, viola
Richie Hawley, clarinet
Benjamin Kamins, bassoon
Janet Rarick, orchestral & chamber repertoire [english horn]
Brinton Averil Smith, cello
Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University
Bradley Balliett, lecturer, woodwinds [bassoon]
Choong-Jin Chang, viola
Wei-Ping Chou, horn
Alexander Fiterstein, woodwinds department chair [clarinet]
Richard Goode, piano
Marian Hahn, piano, chamber music
Amit Peled, strings [cello]
Marina Piccinini, woodwinds [flute]
Randall Scarlata, voice [baritone]
William Sharp, voice [baritone]
University of North Texas College of Music
Susan Dubois, viola
Greg Raden, clarinet
Bard College Conservatory of Music
*also includes Bard College Private Teachers
Elaine Douvas, oboe
Luosha Fang, violin, viola [violin]
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, voice, seminars [soprano]
Marc Goldberg, bassoon
Benjamin Hochman, piano masterclasses [piano]
David Krakauer, clarinet [bass clarinet]
Weigang Li, violin masterclasses [violin]
Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, lecturer of music theory, vocal coach, pianist [piano]
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Daniel Phillips, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello *Bard College
Melissa Reardon, viola, artist in residence
Zheng-Rong Mira Wang, violin, artist in residence
Peter Wiley, cello
Carmit Zori, violin
The Colburn School
Margaret Batjer, violin
Yehuda Gilad, clarinet, director and conductor of Colburn orchestra
Clive Greensmith, cello
Peter Lloyd, double bass
Tatjana Masurenko, viola
Demarre McGill, flute
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Lynn Chang, violin
Frank Kelley, voice [tenor]
Max Levinson, piano [celesta]
Samuel Solomon, percussion
University of Miami Frost School of Music
Charles Castleman, violin
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Ilya Finkelshteyn, cello
Martin Garcia, bassoon
Brian Hong, viola [violin]
Ayane Kozasa, viola
Owen Lee, double bass
University of Colorado Boulder College of Music
Harumi Rhodes, violin, quartet in residence
Richard O’Neill, viola, quartet in residence
Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance
Che-Hung Chen, viola
Elizabeth Hainen, harp
Robert Kesselman, double bass
Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon
Hirono Oka, violin
Jeffrey Solow, cello
Nathaniel West, double bass
Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music
Edgar Meyer, double bass
University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music
Bion Tsang, cello, strings division head
DePaul University School of Music
Keith Buncke, bassoon
Michael Rusinek, clarinet
Southern Methodist University Meadows School of the Arts
Aaron Boyd, strings chair, chamber music director [violin]
Andrés Díaz, cello
George Nickson, percussion, percussion department chair, SYZYGY director
Gregory Raden, clarinet
Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts Timothy Cobb, double bass
Bart Feller, flute
Hirono Oka, violin
Daniel Panner, viola
Todd Phillips, violin
Jonathan Spitz, cello, strings department head, Rutgers University String Ensemble
Jo-Ann Sternberg, clarinet
Mark Timmerman, bassoon
Carmit Zori, violin
University of Minnesota School of Music
Rebecca Albers, viola
Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute
Matthew Haimovitz, cello
Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet
Maiya Papach, viola
Paul Shaw, piano
Carnegie Mellon School of Music
Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe
[Ana] Victoria Luperi, clarinet
David McCarroll, violin
Angela Park, cello
Anne Martindale Williams, cello
Lawrence University Conservatory of Music Steven Paul Spears, tenor, voice department chair
Yale School of Music
Misha Amory, chamber music/artist in residence
Serena Canin, chamber music/artist in residence
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Soovin Kim, violin
Nina Lee, chamber music/artist in residence
Frank Morelli, bassoon
Tai Murray, violin
Peter Oundijian, conducting
David Shifrin, clarinet
Mark Steinberg, chamber music/artist in residence
Paul Watkins, cello
From the Archives
Meet some of the legendary figures who helped to establish the spirit of Marlboro—true originals who inspired and influenced generations of young musicians with their musical insights and humanity. Through their performances, photographs, biographies, and the recollections of past participants and others, we hope to bring to life a sense of their substantial contributions to Marlboro and music, for which we are ever grateful.
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From the Archives:
Adolf BuschViolinist, composer, and Marlboro co-founder Adolf Busch’s uncompromising humanity, devotion, and commitment to what he believed in—his example as a moral beacon in uniquely tumultuous times—has guided Marlboro from its earliest days.
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From the Archives:
Rudolf SerkinIn setting the standards and creating the structure for Marlboro, Rudolf Serkin opened new worlds for generations of exceptional young musicians. Throughout his life, he demonstrated that music is not merely a profession but a moral act that finds its highest expression in the service of others.
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From the Archives:
Blanche Honegger MoyseA unique and beloved figure in Brattleboro’s cultural life, Marlboro co-founder Blanche Moyse gave us new perspectives on some of the most moving music ever written. The inspiring experience of exploring Bach’s music with her has had a lifelong impact on decades of Marlboro musicians.