July 25, 2002 Contact: Paula Mlyn

The Juilliard School announces the appointment of nine distinguished artists to the faculties of the college and the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies. The new faculty members are Darrett Adkins (cello), Timothy Cobb (bass), Richard Cook (dance, classical pas de deux), Dave Fedderly (tuba), Vivian Fung (literature & materials of music), Greg Knowles (business of jazz), Ron Regev (literature & materials of music and piano topics), Michael Tree (viola), and Ben Wolfe (jazz bass).

Other new 2002 faculty appointments announced in an earlier release included Hsin-Yun Huang (viola), Nicholas Mann (chamber music/assistant faculty, violin), Kent Trittle (graduate faculty - oratorio class), in addition to composer Christopher Rouse (composition) and Robert McDonald (piano), who moved to full-time teaching status.

COLLEGE DIVISION APPOINTMENTS:

Cellist Darrett Adkins received his Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin College, a Master of Music degree from Rice University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Joel Krosnick. He is the winner of numerous prizes including the Presser Music Award and Bunkamura Orchard Hall Award. As a chamber musician, he has recorded for RCA, Tzadik, MMC, and CRI labels, with upcoming releases on Mode and Koch. He also tours regularly with the Zephyr Trio, featuring flutist Jeanne Galway and pianist Jonathan Feldman. Mr. Adkins recently appeared as soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic, Tochio Soloisten, the North Carolina Symphony, the New Hampshire Symphony, among others. This summer he was featured as the 'cellist of honor’ at the International Cello Encounter held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where he gave masterclasses, and performed with the National Symphony Orchestra as well as in recital. He made his New York concerto debut at Alice Tully Hall in a performance of the Barber Concerto with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. He also participated in the in 2001 Carnegie Hall festival When Morty Met John. performing Morton Feldman’s Projection No. 1 to critical acclaim. Other performances include the 1999 American premiere of Franco Donatoni's cello concerto Un Ruisseau sur l'Escalier and, in 1990, Birtwistle’s Meridian (both at the Tanglewood Festival). Mr. Adkins regularly collaborates with figures such as free-jazz legend Ornette Coleman and electronic pop wizard David Baron. Originally from Tacoma, Washington, he is a member of FLUX, a string quartet dedicated to cutting-edge music. The quartet made history when they gave the first complete performance of Morton Feldman's monumental String Quartet No. 2, lasting just over six continuous hours. The recording of that work is scheduled for release this fall.

A native of Albany, New York, bassist Timothy Cobb began playing bass at the age of seven and was playing professionally by thirteen. He attended The Curtis Institute of Music, having been awarded the sole bass position available for that year. While at Curtis, Mr. Cobb substituted regularly in The Philadelphia Orchestra and, in the fall of his senior year, he became a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Sir Georg Solti. In 1986, he was granted a leave of absence from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and joined The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as associate principal bass, where he is still a member. He appears regularly at Bargemusic, The 92^nd Street Y, and at festivals such as Bridgehampton, Caramoor, and Mostly Mozart. He also has appeared with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and with the Boston Chamber Music Society. For the past three summers he has been the solo bassist for the Marlboro Music Festival and has appeared on tour with Musicians From Marlboro. He also has collaborated with the Emerson, Guarneri, Moscow, and St. Lawrence quartets, as well as with artists Pinchas Zukerman, Cynthia Phelps, Yefim Bronfman, and Ralph Kirschbaum on an eight-city tour. Mr. Cobb has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Sony, Koch, and the Music & Arts labels. An instructor of double bass, Mr. Cobb holds faculty positions at the Manhattan School of Music, Purchase Conservatory of Music at the State University of New York. He also served for three years on the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.

Richard Cook, a native of Whittier, California, received his early training in California and at the Royal Conservatory of Music and Dance in the Netherlands. After performing with the San Francisco Opera, The Pennsylvania, and LINES ballet companies, Mr. Cook began his career as a teacher and choreographer. He also served as associate artistic director of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet for ten years and is a frequent guest teacher for professional and pre-professional ballet companies throughout the United States. His works have been performed by the Atlanta Ballet, Dayton Ballet, and the Pennsylvania Opera, as well as being featured in three of the Carlisle Projects’ annual summer showcases. A three time recipient of the choreographic fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, he also is a fulltime member of the ballet faculty at the State University of New York’s Purchase Conservatory of Dance.

David Fedderly has been principal tuba with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 1983. He received his musical training at Northwestern University studying with master performer/teacher Arnold Jacobs of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. A clinician and teacher, Mr. Fedderly held the position of lecturer at The Peabody Institute until fall of 2000 where his duties included both instruction of tuba/euphonium in addition to working with all wind players in a course titled "Respiratory Function in Wind Instruments". Mr. Fedderly also has held teaching positions at DePaul University, University of Maryland, and The Catholic University of America. He has appeared as an extra or substitute principal tuba with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Mr Fedderly is filling a one-year appointment at Juilliard.

Composer Vivian Fung has received commissions and performances from the Seattle Symphony, New York Chamber Symphony, San José Chamber Orchestra, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, American String Quartet, New England Philharmonic, Avalon String Quartet, Music Teachers’ Association of California, and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, among others. Her awards include two BMI Awards, an ASCAP award, an M. Jory Copying Assistance Award, the Stephan Albert Award from the American Music Center, a Professional Musician Grant from the Canada Council, and two Sir James Lougheed Awards of Distinction from the Alberta Heritage Fund. Ms. Fung has completed several residences at The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Atlantic Center for the Arts, The Banff Centre, and was composer-in-residence with the Billings Symphony for the 1999-00 season. She will be the composer-in-residence of the San José Chamber Orchestra for the 2003-04 season. Ms. Fung earned her Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from The Juilliard School, where she studied composition with David Diamond and Robert Beaser, and piano with Gyrgy Sandor. She also was awarded the Peter Mennin Prize for outstanding achievement and leadership in music. Ms. Fung is a native of Edmonton, Canada.

Born in Israel, pianist Ron Regev is the recipient of numerous awards from competitions including the Tenth Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, the American Scholarship Association Piano Competition, the Bruce Hungerford Award, the First Tbilisi Piano Competition, the Israeli Broadcast Association Young Artist Competition, and the Arianne Katz Piano Competition. Mr. Regev was awarded the America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships consecutively since 1987 and, in the summer of 1998, he was awarded a Fulbright grant to continue his studies in the United States. Mr. Regev's orchestral appearances include performances with the Juilliard Symphony, Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Rishon LeZion, and the Thelma Yellin Symphony Orchestra on its tour of Israel and Europe. His music festival appearances include the PRO festival in Germany and the Aspen Music Festival. A former student of Professor Emanuel Krasovsky, he was registered in the Special Program for Outstanding Students of Tel Aviv University, and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music degree from the Samuel Rubin Israeli Academy of Music. Mr. Regev received his Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal. He is currently a doctoral candidate at Juilliard, as well as an adjunct faculty member.

Violist Michael Tree was born in Newark, New Jersey, and received his first violin instruction from his father. He later studied at The Curtis Institute of Music with Efrem Zimbalist, Lea Luboshutz, and Veda Reynolds. Since his Carnegie Hall debut in 1954, Mr. Tree has appeared as violin and viola soloist with orchestras including those of Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Baltimore, New Jersey and other major orchestras. He also has participated in leading music festivals, including the Marlboro, Casals, Spoleto, Israel, Taos, Aspen, and Santa Fe festivals. Since 1964, as a founding member of the Guarneri String Quartet, Mr. Tree has played in major cities throughout the world. In 1982, Mayor Ed Koch presented the Quartet with the New York City Seal of Recognition, an honor awarded for the first time. One of the most widely recorded musicians in America, Mr. Tree has recorded over ninety-five chamber music works, including ten piano quartets and quintets with Arthur Rubinstein, and two complete Beethoven Quartet cycles. These works appear on the Columbia, RCA, Sony, Phillips, Nonesuch, Arabesque, and Vanguard labels. His television credits include repeated appearances on the Today Show and the first telecast of Chamber Music Live from Lincoln Center. Mr. Tree serves on the faculty of The Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, and the University of Maryland.

INSTITUTE OF JAZZ STUDIES FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Greg Knowles received his Bachelor of Music degree in education from Aquinas College, a Master of Fine Arts degree from Honolulu University of the Arts, and his doctorate from Central Pacific University. He also studied conducting and harmony at The Juilliard School. A record producer and record label executive in Los Angeles for the past twenty-four years, Mr. Knowles now is based in New York as president of the Helion Group of Labels for which he produces records in all styles of music. He is active with The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy Awards), where he was on the Board of Governors for eight years and also served three terms as Los Angeles President; he currently serves on the National Board of Trustees of the Academy. In addition to producing, Mr. Knowles is a touring drummer for recording artists and a timpanist for the National Festival Orchestra. He regularly teaches master classes on the music industry for The Songwriters Guild of America, The Recording Academy, Grammy in the Schools, National Academy of Songwriters, and the Los Angeles Songwriters Showcase. He is a member of the Board of Trustees for Central Pacific University and teaches summer workshops for the International Institute for Young Musicians. He is the author of Reading Exercises for Solfege, a textbook used at Juilliard. He has been on the faculty of The Juilliard School’s Evening Division since 2000.

Bassist-composer Ben Wolfe was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but spent his early years in Portland, Oregon. By his early twenties, he was freelancing and backing Woody Shaw and other national acts when they toured the Portland area. By the age of twenty-three, he moved to New York where he worked with artists such as Junior Cook, Jimmy Cobb, Dakota Staton, and with the Mel Lewis Orchestra. In 1988, Mr. Wolfe began a five-year relationship with the Harry Connick Jr. Orchestra and performed on over a dozen albums, soundtracks, as well as in television and radio appearances. In addition, he served as musical director for the Orchestra on world tours. After leaving the Orchestra, Mr. Wolfe joined the Wynton Marsalis Septet until the group disbanded. He continued to work with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, performing with jazz greats including Joe Henderson, Doc Cheatham, Jon Hendricks, Harry "Sweets" Edition, and Billy Higgins. Mr. Wolfe also has recorded with Wynton Marsalis, James Moody, Marcus Roberts, Branford Marsalis, Eric Reed, Benny Green, Ned Goold, and Diana Krall. He was an integral part of Diana Krall’s touring band and has played on many of her recordings, including the Grammy Award-winning CD When I Look Into Your Eyes. Mr. Wolfe has three CDs with his own group consisting of his own compositions, 13 Sketches, Bagdad Theater, and Murray’s Cadillac.