JAVS Fall 1998

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Viola Faculty Anative of Russia, Leonid Gesin studied with A. G. Sosin at the Len ingrad State Conservatory, where he later served as amember of the faculty. He performed for 17 years with the Leningrad State Philharmonic. He also taught viola and violin for five years at the Rimsky-Korsakov Special Music School in Leningrad, then emigrated to the U.S. in 1978. Gesin is amember of the San Francisco Symphony and of the Navarro String Quartel He appears in Chamber Music Sundaes and performs with the Sierra Chamber Society.

Don Ehrlich, Assistant Principal Viola of the San Francisco Symphony, has been a frequent soloist and chamber musician in the Bay Area and around the world in such groups as the Aurora String Quartet and Stanford String Quartet, and on such series as Chamber Music West, Chamber Music Sundaes, and the Mendocino Music Festival. He received his B.M. from the Oberlin Conservatory, his M.M. from the Manhattan School of Music and his D.M.Afrom the University of Michigan.

Paul Hersh, former violist and pianist of the Lenox Quartet, studied viola with William Primrose. He is former faculty member of the Grinnell College and SUNY at Binghamton, and has been artist-in-residence and visiting faculty at the University of California at Davis, Washington, Berkshire Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, and the Spoleto (Italy) Festival of Two Worlds. He has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and many other groups. Temple University, Oregon State University, University of Western

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Students from around lhe wo rld come to the San Francisco Conse rvatory o f Music fo r seve ral reasons:

A student-teacher ratio o f 6 - to- l. The oppo rtunity to study wilh an exceptional faculty in o ne o f the wo rld's most diverse and exciting cultural centers. Extensive performance opportunities bo th on campus and around the city. Concerts and reci lals are presented at the Conservatory's H ellman Hall nearly everyday o f the school year.

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