The Elgin Symphony brings world class guest artists every season to work one-on-one with talented local students in front of an audience at the Gail Borden Public Library. These presentations are free and open to the public. Whether you are a teacher, student, or music lover, the ESO masterclasses will enlighten anyone interested in the learning process.
Adele Anthony, violin
Date: Saturday, November 2, 2019
Time: 10:00 am to noon
Where: Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin
Adele Anthony was born in Singapore as the daughter of Alphonse Jivaras Anthony, the founding concertmaster of the SSO. She began to play the violin at the age of two and a half when the family settled in Tasmania. She subsequently attended Dernancourt Primary School, South Australia, and studied violin in Adelaide with Lyndall Hendrickson and Beryl Kimber. In her high school years, she attended Saint Ignatius’College Athelstone.
At age 13, in 1984, Anthony was the youngest winner of the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition, (now known as the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards), performing the Violin Concerto by Jean Sibelius with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. She was later the winner of the 1996 Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition.
She subsequently studied with Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School in New York for eight years.
Her recordings include Philip Glass’s Violin Concerto No. 1 (1999/2000 on Naxos Records), Arvo Pärt’s Tabula Rasa with Gil Shaham, Neeme Järvi and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (on Deutsche Grammophon) and Ross Edwards’ Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Maninyas / Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in D minor with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arvo Volmer (Canary Classics CC09).
She is married to violinist Gil Shaham. They have three children.
If you are interested in participating as a student and performing on this masterclass, please print out application form below and mail to:
Elgin Symphony Orchestra
Attn: Adele Anthony Masterclass
20 DuPage Ct.
Elgin, IL 60120
ESO Master Class Application Form PDF
Frank Rosenwein, oboe
Date: Saturday, February 8, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Where: Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin
Frank Rosenwein joined The Cleveland Orchestra as principal oboe at the beginning of the 2005–06 season. He made his solo debut with the Orchestra in February 2007, in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. Since then he has performed many times as soloist, including playing the Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto in 2012 and the first Cleveland Orchestra performances of the Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto in 2017.
Since 2006, Mr. Rosenwein has served as head of the oboe department at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where in 2015 he was given the Alumni Achievement award. He also teaches at the Kent Blossom Music Festival, and is in demand as a guest artist and masterclass clinician in schools all over the world. An avid chamber musician, he has spent many summers at the Marlboro Festival and has performed with the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the Seattle Chamber Music Society.
Born in Evanston, Illinois, Mr. Rosenwein holds a bachelor of music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with John Mack (Cleveland Orchestra principal oboe, 1965–2001), and a master of music degree from the Juilliard School. Prior to coming to Cleveland, he served as principal oboe (2002–05) of the San Diego Symphony and San Diego Opera.
Mr. Rosenwein is married to Cleveland Orchestra associate concertmaster Jung-Min Amy Lee. They live in Cleveland Heights with their twin boys, Joshua and Julian, and their dog, Sofie.
If you are interested in participating as a student and performing on this masterclass, please print out application form below and mail to:
Elgin Symphony Orchestra
Attn: Frank Rosenwein Masterclass
20 DuPage Ct.
Elgin, IL 60120
ESO Master Class Application Form PDF
Questions?
Contact Wendy Evans, Director of Community Engagement at w.evans@elginsymphony.org
847-888-0404 ex. 238
