- Stephen Clapp
Stephen Clapp is a violinist and educator and former Dean of the
Juilliard School . __TOC__Education
Stephen Clapp earned the B.M degree from the
Oberlin Conservatory and the M.S. degree from theJuilliard School . He is a former student ofDorothy DeLay ,Ivan Galamian , andAndor Toth . He studiedchamber music withClaus Adam ,Robert Mann ,Felix Galimir , [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juilliard_String_Quartet Raphael Hillyer] ,Louis Persinger , andWalter Trampler .Performance
As a member of the Beaux-Arts String Quartet, Mr. Clapp won the first [http://www.naumburg.org/ Naumberg Chamber Music Award] . , and the [http://www.austinsymphony.org/ Austin Symphony Orchestra] .
Stephen Clapp has performed in numerous summer festivals in Europe and North America. He was first violinist in the [http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/page/l0q3DO Blair String Quartet] from 1967-72.
In
1982 , Stephen Clapp was the founding violinist of theOberlin Trio , along with cellistAndor Toth Jr. and pianist Joseph Schwartz.On April 28, 1985,
Tim Page (music critic) of the New York Times had this to say about Stephen Clapps's playing in a New York debut recital: "Mr. Clapp, who was ably accompanied by the pianist Frances Walker, plays sweetly and songfully, with innate taste; he produces a dark, affecting tone from his instrument, which sounded almost like a viola at times. . . . a vigorous interpretation, which it received Sunday."Teaching
Stephen Clapp has taught violin at a number of schools.
*Aspen Music Festival and School , 1971-94
*Peabody College ,Nashville , TN), 1967-72
*University of Texas atAustin, TX , 1972-79
*Oberlin Conservatory , 1978-90
*The Juilliard School , 1990 to presenttudents
*Robert Gillespie, PhD,
University of Texas , former President of theAmerican String Teachers Association , faculty member atOhio State University
*Mary Ellen Spencer Goree, BM,Oberlin Conservatory , principal second violin of theSan Antonio Symphony
*Lennie Haight, BMPeabody College ,Nashville , violinist in the Gothenberg Sweden orchestra
*Erin Hall, BM,Juilliard , associate concertmaster of theNashville Symphony
*Cornelia Heard, pre-college faculty at theBlair School of Music inNashville , violinist in the [http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/page/l0q3DO Blair String Quartet]
*Laura Klugherz, DMA,University of Texas , violin faculty atColgate University
*Judy Mass, MM,University of Texas , violinist in theLos Angeles Philharmonic
*Laura McGinnis, BM,Oberlin Conservatory , violinist in theMetropolitan Opera Orchestra
*Mary Catherine Parker, pre-college faculty at theBlair School of Music inNashville , concertmaster of theNashville Symphony
*Karen Stiles, BM,Oberlin Conservatory , assistant principal second violin of theSan Antonio Symphony
*Jonathan Sturm, BM,Oberlin Conservatory , violist in the [http://www.music.iastate.edu/org/apq/ Ames Piano Quartet]References
New York Times Review
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E4D61F38F93BA15757C0A963948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Stephen Clapp, violin]
External links
# [http://www.juilliard.edu/asp/fsnew/faculty_details.php?FacultyId=48&School=College&Division=Music Juilliard Biography]
# [http://www.juilliard.edu/pdf/ClappBio8-05.pdf Official Biography, PDF file]
# [http://www.violinist.com/directory/index.cfm?teacher=Stephen%20Clapp Violinists who studied with Stephen Clapp]
# [http://www.violinist.com/directory/index.cfm?teacher=Stephen%20Clapp Stephen Clapp on "flickr" speaking at Ball State University]Selected discography
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Leon Kirchner Piano Trio [http://www.schirmer.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2476&State_3010=2&discId_3010=2797] , performed by theOberlin Trio
# Twentieth Century American Piano Trios [http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1211147/a/Twentieth+Century+American+Piano+Trios+%2F+The+Oberlin+Trio.htm]
# French Trios [http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1515113/a/French+Trios+-+Ravel,+Loeillet,+Debussy+%2F+Oberlin+Trio.htm] -Maurice Ravel ,Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent ,Claude Debussy ----
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