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Department of Music and Dance
Faculty - Evelyn Read
Evelyn Read,
affiliate artist, violin and viola, chamber music
- B.M. and M.M. from the Peabody Conservatory where she was the recipient of the Thomas Prize in performance
Area of expertise
violin and viola, chamber music
Contact Information
Email: Evelyn.Read@uvm.eduEvelyn Read's teachers included Ivan Galamian, Dorothy DeLay and Isadore Cohen, as well as chamber music work with Josef Gingold, Leon Fleischer and Zara Nelsova. She is on the faculty of the University of Vermont where she teaches violin and viola and directs the chamber music ensembles. Ms. Read has a flourishing, internationally known private studio as well.
Groups accompanied: A former principal 2nd violinist in the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and violist in the Champlain String Quartet, she has been invited on several occasions by the Government and Pro-Musica of the Republic of Panama where she has taught and performed with the National Orchestra of Panama.
Faculty Directory
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- Department Chair and Staff
- D. Thomas Toner, Department Chair
- Kelly Dutra, Department Administrator
- Sarah Hein, Administrative Assistant
- D. Thomas Toner, Department Chair
- Woodwinds
- Nadine Carpenter, oboe
- Gerald Lanoue, bassoon
- Anne Janson, flute
- Steve Klimowski, clarinet
- Michael Zsoldos, saxophone
- Brass
- Rick Davies, trombone
- Alan Parshley, horn
- Ray Vega, trumpet
- C. Robert Wigness, trombone/tuba
- Percussion
- Steve Ferraris, hand drums
- Jeff Salisbury, drum set
- D. Thomas Toner, percussion
- Strings
- John Mantegna, guitar
- Suzanne Polk, cello
- Evelyn Read, violin/viola
- Heidi Soons, harp
- William Tilley, bass
- Voice
- David Neiweem
- Sarah Cullins
- Keyboard
- Tom Cleary, jazz piano
- David Neiweem, organ
- Paul Orgel, piano
- Sylvia Parker, piano
- Jazz Studies
- Paul Asbell, guitar
- Joe Capps, guitar
- Tom Cleary, piano
- Amber deLaurentis Cleary, voice
- Rick Davies, trombone
- Steve Ferraris, hand drums
- Patricia Julien, arranging/history
- John Rivers, bass
- Jeff Salisbury, drum set
- Alex Stewart, improvisation
- Ray Vega, trumpet
- Michael Zsoldos, saxophone
- Music History, Theory, and Composition
- Music Education
- Ensembles
- Tom Cleary, jazz combo
- Yutaka Kono, orchestra
- David Neiweem, choirs
- Evelyn Read, chamber music
- Jeff Salisbury, percussion ensemble
- D. Thomas Toner, bands
- Alex Stewart, jazz ensemble
- Ray Vega, jazz combos
- Dance