Program
Susan Waterbury, violin - Professor, Ithaca College; former, Cavani String Quartet
Susan Waterbury, violinist, serves as Assistant Professor of Violin at Ithaca College School of Music in Ithaca, NY where she teaches violin and performs with the Ariadne String Quartet. In the 1999-2000 season, Ms. Waterbury was Artist-in-Residence and Co-Artistic Director for the Garth Newel Music Center in Hot Springs, VA where she performed chamber music concerts year-round. From 1995-99 Ms. Waterbury was Associate Professor of Violin at the University of Memphis where she taught violin and performed with the Ceruti String Quartet.
Formerly, Waterbury was a founding member of the Cavani String Quartet from 1984-1995, having served as Quartet-in-Residence at the Cleveland Institute of Music. As a member of Cavani, Ms. Waterbury performed and taught regularly for concert series and festivals throughout the U.S. and abroad. This included appearances at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Lincoln Center in New York City, and the Phillips Collection and Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C. The Cavani Quartet garnered many awards including First Prize in the 1989 Walter W. Naumberg Chamber Music, Cleveland Quartet, and Carmel Chamber Music competitions as well as the 1989 Ohio Governor^Rs Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts.
Waterbury earned a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree from The Ohio State University School of Music which named her "Distinguished Alumna of 1995". She studied violin with Donald Weilerstein, Jens Ellerman, Michael Davis and Walter Levin (Cincinnati College- Conservatory) and was coached in chamber music by the Cleveland, Tokyo, Emerson, and Juilliard Quartets.
Waterbury is an active performer, collaborating regularly with friends on series and festivals throughout the year. She is currently a member of the new music ensemble, Ensemble X, based in Ithaca, NY (Cornell University) and has been a regular guest performer with Present Music (Milwaukee new music ensemble). Past collaborations include performances with such artists as Paul Katz, Colorado Qt., Cleveland Qt., Miami Qt., Frank Cohen, Josh Smith, David Cerone, Anton Nel, Earl Wild, and Ann Schein. Waterbury has recorded on the Azica, Albany, Pantheon, Polygram, and Cleveland Institute of Music labels.
