Julie Leven, violinist, Founder and former Executive and Artistic Director of Shelter Music Boston, was named a Boston Neighborhood Fellow, is a graduate of the Boston University School of Management Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership and a member of the Handel + Haydn Society Orchestra and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. International festival appearances include the BBC Proms in London, Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, Edinburgh Festival, Haydn Festival in Eisenstadt Austria, Crakow/Warsaw Beethoven Festival, and in the US: Aston Magna Festival, Cactus Pear Music Festival, Colorado Music Festival, Scrag Mountain Music, and Tanglewood. Julie has performed throughout the US, Japan, and Korea with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. She has been a member of the Jerusalem Symphony, and the Aarhus Symfonieorkester in Denmark and can be heard as a soloist on the Boston Baroque recordings of Handel Opus 6 Concerti Grossi, the Grammy nominated performance of the Monteverdi Vespers, and the recording of Geminiani Concerti Grossi. Julie is a graduate of Oberlin College and Conservatory with degrees in English and Violin Performance.
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Rebecca Strauss is a classical violist and violinist, a Certified Music Practitioner, and Music Director of Riverview Chamber Players. She is passionate about designing, producing and performing innovative classical chamber music programs that respond to social issues, promote healing, and invite community involvement. In May 2016, Rebecca conceived and created the first annual “Harmony & Hope: Responding to Violence with Music” concert, now an annual Boston event. In 2018, Rebecca performed at Buckingham Palace for an event hosted by Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal (Princess Anne). The occasion was for the ASCENT Initiative, a combined partnership between the Acid Survivors Trust International and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School, serving survivors of acid violence worldwide. She has collaborated with photographer/author Susan Wilson to create live multimedia performances and videos on contemporary social and cultural issues and world cultures. Rebecca, one of the original musicians of Shelter Music Boston, has been performing with SMB since 2010. In addition to playing for more than 350 shelter concerts, she has served as SMB’s Children’s Program Coordinator, creating innovative performances for children’s shelters. An alumna of Oberlin Conservatory of Music, she has performed with ensembles such as the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, the Boston Ballet Orchestra, Opera Boston, Boston Lyric Opera, Chamber Music Foundation of New England, and the New England String Ensemble. Rebecca is also a Certified Life Coach, with musicians making up a large percentage of her client base.
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Elke Jahns-Harms, Native American flute
Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba Rich Kelley, trumpet Annegret Klaua, violin Julie Leven, violin Matthew Liebendorfer, violin and viola Na'ama Lion, flute Julian Loida, percussion Julia McKenzie, violin Rebecca Miller, viola Aine Minogue, Celtic harp Stephanie Oestreich, violin Jessica Petrus, soprano Margaret Phillips, bassoon Krista Reisner, violin Rhonda Rider, cello Eric Ritter, baritone Tim Roberts, cello Brianna Robinson, soprano Beth Rosbach, cello Amy Sims, violin |
Daniel Stepner, violin
Rebecca Strauss, violin and viola Asako Takeuchi, violin Nathaniel Taylor, cello Sonja Dutoit Tengblad, soprano Josh Wareham, viola Mitsuru Yonekzaki, violin Yonah Zur, violin These COMPOSERS have written for SMB: Michael Begay Sage Bond Yu-Hui Chang John Morrison Mark Pevsner Francine Trester Danielle Williams |
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