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 | Sanford Allen
Violinist Sanford Allen was appointed Director of the Clarion Concerts
in Columbia County's Leaf Peeper Series after the death of its founder Newell Jenkins. Mr. Allen started his study of the violin at the age of seven and entered the Juilliard School of Music at age ten, continuing at the Mannes College of Music under Mme. Vera Fonaroff. In 1962 he became the first black musician ever to become a regular member of the New York Philharmonic. Regarding his recording of Cordero's violin concerto with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Strad magazine said: "Its virtuoso challenges are thrillingly met by Sanford Allen a fabulous player who was, incidentally, the first African-American to gain a regular
place with the New York Philharmonic in 1962. Despite the challenging nature
of the writing, the listener's attention is held effortlessly throughout due
largely to the extraordinary commitment and finesse of Allen's playing.
Indeed the intensity generated by this impassioned performance is nothing
short of overwhelming. Well worth seeking out". His solo appearances with orchestra have included the Quebec, Baltimore, Detroit Symphonies and the New York Philharmonic. He served on the advisory panel of the New York State Arts Council and was also a member of the Executive Board of the Kennedy Center National Black Music Colloquium and Competition. In 1998, Mr. Allen gave a premiere performance of Sir Roland Hanna's Sonata for Violin and Piano
at the Kennedy Center in Washington, joined by the composer.
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 | Marcia Ferritto
Marcia Ferritto, violist, received
her professional training in Philadelphia as a student of Max
Aronoff at The New School of Music. Her studies also include work with
William Lincer, Joseph Fuchs and Donald McInnes. Ms. Ferritto holds a
Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Bryn Mawr College, where she was
awarded the Presser Foundation Scholarship Award. She has appeared as a soloist and in chamber
ensembles in the United States and Canada at the Kennedy Center, the New
York and Philadelphia Composers Forum, Blossom Music Center Festival Forum,
International Viola Congress in Toronto, the Phillips Collection in
Washington, DC and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
She has served as principal violist of the New Haven Symphony Chamber Players, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (Ohio) and the Ohio Chamber Orchestra.
Appointed to the full-time faculty at Kent State University Hugh
A. Glauser School of Music in the fall of 1995, she currently teaches
violin, viola and string chamber music, is coordinator of the graduate
string quartet program and has been a member of the artist faculty of the
Kent/Blossom Summer Music Festival.
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 | Donald White
Donald White received his Bachelors Degree in music from Roosevelt College in Chicago, Illinois. His extensive education and training on the cello includes study at the Mannes School with Luigi Silva. White also received a fellowship in Hartford, Connecticut working for his Masters Degree in cello performance. While earning his Masters Degree, he taught in the Preparatory Department. In addition to countless solo appearances, various chamber performances and teaching, Donald White’s professional career focused on orchestral successes. His first professional engagement was as Assistant First Cello with the Hartford Symphony. In 1957, he joined the Cleveland Orchestra and was a prominent section member until his retirement in 1995.
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