JAVS Fall 1999

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Robert Vernon was appointed Principal Violist ofthe Cleveland Orchestra in 1976 He has ap peared as a soloist with the orchestra in over 100 concerts at home in Cleveland, as well as on tour in Canada, Europe, and the United States, including solo appearances at New YorkS Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Boston's Symphony Hall, and Washington's Kennedy Cente1: He has collaborated with most ofthe great conductors ofour time and with the Cleveland Orchestra has recorded virtu ally all of the major symphonic repertoire. He has made a number of recordings for Telarc and Decca/London and, as a soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, has recorded Richard Strauss's Don Quixore (with cellist Lynn Harrell}, Berlioz's Harold in Italy, and Mozart's Sinfonia Concertanre (with Daniel Majeske for Decca/London). He has recently recorded orchestral excerpts with spoken commentary on the Pro Seriesfor Summit Records. Vernon also chairs the viola department of the Cleveland Institute ofMusic. He is recognized as one ofthis country's foremost teachers ofviola; his students holdpositions as chamber musicians, as teachers, and as players with virtually every major orchestra in the U.S. and Canacbz. He has pre sented master classes for most ofthis country's Leading music schools and conservatories. He has served as a board member ofthe American Viola Society and has participated as a lecturer and player at severaL InternationaL Viola congresses. He also serves on the summer faculties ofthe Encore School for Strings, Kent Blossom Music, and the National Orchestra Institute in Maryland Vernon's commentary on a wide range oforchestral excerpts appears on Summit Records Orchestra Pro Series CD "OrchestraL Excerpts for Viola," Summit Recording DCD 217. For more information visit www.summitrecords.com.

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