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MONISA ANGELL
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EDUCATION
Rice University- Shepherd School of Music
MM Viola Performance
Eastman School of Music BM Viola Performance
Studied with Atar Arad and the Cleveland Quartet


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1991-Present
Violist/ Recording musician: classical, pop, country, contemporary Christian recordings, tv shows, videos and concerts
1992-Present
Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Assistant Principal Viola
1992-1999
Belmont Camerata (chamber music ensemble)
1992-1999
Belmont University Adjunct Faculty
1992-1995
Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Principal Viola
1991-1992
Nashville Symphony Orchestra, section viola
1991/ 1994
Sewanee Summer Music Festival, guest artist
Prior to 1991
St. Louis Symphony temporary contract 1989-90;
extra with Houston Symphony, Columbus Symphony;
Aspen Music Festival 1985/1986 (full scholarship)

 

PRODUCTIONS
Developed, Produced, Secured Sponsorships for, Directed and Performed In
the following chamber music events:
- Historic Franklin Chamber Music Festival
(partnered with Downtown Franklin Association, Historic Presbyterian Church, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, First United Methodist Church and the Nashville Chamber Orchestra) 2003 and 2004
- St. Vianney Chamber Music Series
(partnered with Catholic Parish in Gallatin, TN)
- Rippavilla Grand Salon Concert
(partnered with Maury County Tourism and Rippa Villa Mansion) 1995


ORCHESTRA CONTRACTOR
- Westminster Presbyterian Church, orchestra contractor for special services and concerts
- St. George Episcopal orchestra contractor, Brahms Requiem( 2003) and Faure Requiem (2004)

 

RECORDINGS
- Copland Appalachian Spring, Three Latin American Sketches, Concerto for Clarinet and Quiet City Paul Gambill/ Nashville Chamber Orchestra (Naxos)
- Conversations in Silence Paul Gambill/ Nashville Chamber Orchestra (Warner Bros.)
- Beethoven Symphony #7 Kenneth Schermerhorn/ Nashville Symphony Orchestra (Magnatone)
- Copland Symphony #3 Leonard Slatkin/ St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (RCA)
- Enrique Granados 11 Songs for viola and piano (ViolaSound)

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AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS/ MEMBERSHIPS
1984-1987 Cleveland Quartet Chamber Music Seminar
1985/ 1986 Full Scholarship Aspen Summer Music Festival
1988 Full Fellowship Chautauqua Summer Music Festival
1989-1991 Full Scholarship/ Stipend Rice University
1990 Winner Concerto Competition Rice University
AFM # 257 (American Federation of Musicians)
ASTA (American String Teachers Association)
RMA (Recording Musicians Association)
Chamber Music America
AFFT (Association for the future of Film and Television) www.affttennessee.org
American Viola Society - http://www.americanviolasociety.org/