Departments/Faculty

Strings

Undergraduate students in the string program may pursue a bachelor of music, or a bachelor of arts degree, either of which can lead to the five-year certificate program in education, which in turn leads to Colorado State Certification in public school music education. Graduate students may pursue a master of arts, a master of music in performance, or the master of music in Suzuki Pedagogy degrees.

Pictured from left: Jerilyn Jorgensen, violin

Yumi Hwang- Williams, violin; John Arnesen, bass

Carol Tarr, cello; Basil Vendryes, viola; Richard Slavich, cello

Jim Maurer, violin; Katharine Knight, cello; Linda Wang, violin

Performance Opportunities
Regardless of the degree program, all students have extensive performance opportunities in solo, chamber, and orchestral literature. Each student also receives individualized attention from active, dedicated active faculty. Students take weekly solo and chamber music performance classes, perform in faculty-coached chamber ensembles, and participate in the Lamont Symphony Orchestra. Many Lamont students enter honors competitions for solo and chamber music performance.

Suzuki Pedagogy Program
String students interested in teaching may take advantage of Lamont's Suzuki Program. This nationally recognized program offers graduate students an opportunity for intensive training, observing master teachers, and gaining practical teaching experience in the Suzuki method.

Richard Slavich
Chair, Professor, MM, Cello

TRVH 311 | 303.871.6953
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Linda Wang

Assistant Professor, MM, Violin

TRVH 327 l 303. 871 6951

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Yumi Hwang-Williams
Instructor, Violin
TRVH 318 | 303.871.6942
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Basil Vendryes
Instructor, MM, Viola
TRVH 329 | 303.871.6957
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Jerilyn Jorgensen
Instructor, Violin
TRVH 321 | 303.871.6964
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John Arnesen
Instructor, MM, Bass
TRVH 318 | 303.871.6942
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 John Arnesen, instructor of double bass, is a member of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed as principal bass with the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra, the Central City Opera Orchestra, and the Denver Chamber Orchestra. He received his bachelor of arts in music from Carleton College and has done graduate work at Northwestern University. Mr. Arnesen's teachers have included Warren Benfield, James Clute, and Clifford Biggs.

Katherine Knight
Instructor, Chamber Music
TRVH 321
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James Maurer
Professor, MM, Suzuki Violin
TRVH 329 | 303.871.6957
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Carol Tarr

Instructor, Suzuki Cello

TRVH 426 - 303. 871 6977

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Carol Tarr is an active teacher and performer in the United States. Currently, she is an adjunct professor of Cello Pedagogy at the University of Denver, Lamont School of Music. She maintains a busy studio in her home in Lakewood CO. She also teaches students at Beth Eden Baptist School, Lakewood.

Several of her former students are teaching in notable institutions: Cleveland Institute of Music, Music Institute of Chicago, Capital University, Columbus, OH; Converse College, South Carolina.

Two of her students now have careers as professional concert cellists: Alisha Weilerstein, and Julie Albers. Both are under management and perform regularly with major orchestras throughout the world.

Carol has taught in over 30 states in the US, five provinces in Canada, Europe, Indonesia, China, Japan, Australia, Peru, and Mexico.

The Suzuki Method of instruction is her basis for work-as she believes as Dr. Suzuki did, "All children can learn, given the right environment." There is no greater gift you can give your child, than the opportunity to study music.

Carol has a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from the University of Southern California, and a Master of Music from Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD. She is a Suzuki Association of the Americas Registered Teacher Trainer, a nationally certified teacher of music, American Music Teachers' Association. In 2004 she was the cello co-ordinator for the American String Teachers' Convention. She has served on the board of directors of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, twice president of the Suzuki Association of Colorado, and is currently working with the Federation of Music Clubs-to revise the cello portion of their syllabus.

Making it possible for young people to learn, play, and enjoy music is her passion!!