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Stephen Reid, Cello - Mr. Reid is very involved in the worlds of chamber music, orchestral music, and choral music. As a chamber musician, Mr. Reid has been cellist of the Gotham String Quartet and the Gotham Piano Trio; he was a founding member of both ensembles. He also plays with the Huntington Trio and Piano Quartet, and has been a member of several other string quartet and piano trio groups. For several years he has produced and performed in the annual spring chamber concerts of Rockland Symphony musicians. Mr. Reid has until recently been the leader of the Bennington Chamber Music Conference, which has a 4-week summer residency at Bennington College, serving for more than 20 years. As an orchestral musician, he is long-time principal cellist of the Rockland Symphony Orchestra (and formerly President of the RSO); he also performs with a number of other New York area orchestras. In the choral music area, Mr. Reid has been cellist for choral programs for a number of Hudson Valley ensembles, including those at Bard College, Concordia College, Nyack College, the Rockland Camerata, the Rockland County Choral Society, and the chamber choral group Sing We Enchanted. He is a graduate of Yale University.
Stephen Reid, Cello - Mr. Reid is very involved in the worlds of chamber music, orchestral music, and choral music. As a chamber musician, Mr. Reid has been cellist of the Gotham String Quartet and the Gotham Piano Trio; he was a founding member of both ensembles. He also plays with the Huntington Trio and Piano Quartet, and has been a member of several other string quartet and piano trio groups. For several years he has produced and performed in the annual spring chamber concerts of Rockland Symphony musicians. Mr. Reid has until recently been the leader of the Bennington Chamber Music Conference, which has a 4-week summer residency at Bennington College, serving for more than 20 years. As an orchestral musician, he is long-time principal cellist of the Rockland Symphony Orchestra (and formerly President of the RSO); he also performs with a number of other New York area orchestras. In the choral music area, Mr. Reid has been cellist for choral programs for a number of Hudson Valley ensembles, including those at Bard College, Concordia College, Nyack College, the Rockland Camerata, the Rockland County Choral Society, and the chamber choral group Sing We Enchanted. He is a graduate of Yale University.
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Karen Gilbert, Violin - Ms. Gilbert is active as a chamber musician, orchestral player, and choral ensemble musician with groups in the NY metropolitan area. As a chamber musician, she has performed with the Gotham Trio, the River Trio, the Huntington Trio and Piano Quartet, and the Allegro Chamber Ensemble. She is concertmaster of the Rockland Symphony Orchestra and performs with several other orchestras in the lower Hudson Valley. Ms. Gilbert also plays regularly in ensembles accompanying the Rockland County Choral Society and the Nyack College chorus, as well as the chamber choral groups the Rockland Camerata and Sing We Enchanted. She has been a member of and performed with the group Gamelan Son of Lion as violinist and percussionist. A former student of Dorothy DeLay, she is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College.
Karen Gilbert, Violin - Ms. Gilbert is active as a chamber musician, orchestral player, and choral ensemble musician with groups in the NY metropolitan area. As a chamber musician, she has performed with the Gotham Trio, the River Trio, the Huntington Trio and Piano Quartet, and the Allegro Chamber Ensemble. She is concertmaster of the Rockland Symphony Orchestra and performs with several other orchestras in the lower Hudson Valley. Ms. Gilbert also plays regularly in ensembles accompanying the Rockland County Choral Society and the Nyack College chorus, as well as the chamber choral groups the Rockland Camerata and Sing We Enchanted. She has been a member of and performed with the group Gamelan Son of Lion as violinist and percussionist. A former student of Dorothy DeLay, she is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College.
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Fredrica Wyman, Piano - Ms. Wyman has performed as a soloist and collaborative artist in numerous concerts and recitals in New York. For 15 years she was Artistic Director of GraceMusic in Nyack. She has been a featured performer in programs for GraceMusic, Carnegie Concerts, New York Philomusica, Wave Hill, Kosciusko Foundation, The Roerich Museum and as the distaff side of the Oldfather-Wyman duo. She is a dedicated teacher with a private studio in Nyack, NY, and is currently President of the Rockland County Music Teachers Guild (RCMTG). Ms. Wyman is a graduate of the Boston University College of Fine Arts. Ms. Wyman is delighted to be performing with friends from the Rockland Symphony Orchestra, an organization that has had a long and close working relationship with the RCMTG. Each year several talented young winners of the RCMTG Concerto Competition perform concerto movements with the RSO at its Young People's Concert. It is exactly these kinds of events that make the RSO so important to the county as a cultural institution, as a vital resource and inspiration for young artists, and worthy of our support.
Fredrica Wyman, Piano - Ms. Wyman has performed as a soloist and collaborative artist in numerous concerts and recitals in New York. For 15 years she was Artistic Director of GraceMusic in Nyack. She has been a featured performer in programs for GraceMusic, Carnegie Concerts, New York Philomusica, Wave Hill, Kosciusko Foundation, The Roerich Museum and as the distaff side of the Oldfather-Wyman duo. She is a dedicated teacher with a private studio in Nyack, NY, and is currently President of the Rockland County Music Teachers Guild (RCMTG). Ms. Wyman is a graduate of the Boston University College of Fine Arts. Ms. Wyman is delighted to be performing with friends from the Rockland Symphony Orchestra, an organization that has had a long and close working relationship with the RCMTG. Each year several talented young winners of the RCMTG Concerto Competition perform concerto movements with the RSO at its Young People's Concert. It is exactly these kinds of events that make the RSO so important to the county as a cultural institution, as a vital resource and inspiration for young artists, and worthy of our support.
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Edward Simons, Viola - Mr. Simons, long-time Music Director of the Rockland Symphony Orchestra, has had a full career as a conductor, violinist, and violist. He played in the Pittsburgh Symphony under Fritz Reiner during the 1938-39 and 1941-42 seasons, taught violin at Michigan State College from 1939 to 1941, and toured the United States as the third conductor of American Ballet Theater in 1947. In 1949 Ed began a conducting career on Broadway as musical director of 'Where's Charlie' starring Ray Bolger. He conducted 'Wonderful Town', 'Two on the Aisle', 'My Fair Lady' and 'Camelot', some on Broadway and some on national tours. In 1952 he founded the Suburban Symphony Orchestra (now the Rockland Symphony Orchestra) of which he remains Music Director and Conductor. In 1956 Ed and his wife Janet were instrumental in establishing the Community Music School, now the Rockland Conservatory of Music, where he continues to teach violin students. He is 99 year old!
Edward Simons, Viola - Mr. Simons, long-time Music Director of the Rockland Symphony Orchestra, has had a full career as a conductor, violinist, and violist. He played in the Pittsburgh Symphony under Fritz Reiner during the 1938-39 and 1941-42 seasons, taught violin at Michigan State College from 1939 to 1941, and toured the United States as the third conductor of American Ballet Theater in 1947. In 1949 Ed began a conducting career on Broadway as musical director of 'Where's Charlie' starring Ray Bolger. He conducted 'Wonderful Town', 'Two on the Aisle', 'My Fair Lady' and 'Camelot', some on Broadway and some on national tours. In 1952 he founded the Suburban Symphony Orchestra (now the Rockland Symphony Orchestra) of which he remains Music Director and Conductor. In 1956 Ed and his wife Janet were instrumental in establishing the Community Music School, now the Rockland Conservatory of Music, where he continues to teach violin students. He is 99 year old!