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Frances Rowell
Cello
A versatile and enterprising cellist dedicated to musical outreach,
Frances Rowell received Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the
Juilliard School. She taught cello at Muhlenberg College for twelve
years and is currently on the adjunct faculty of New Jersey City State
University and William Paterson University. She holds a United States
Patent for a portable endpin resonating platform for the cello. In 1992
the city of Allentown, PA bestowed on Ms. Rowell its Arts Ovation
Award for outstanding achievement in the performing arts. She has
premiered several cello works written for her, including Gwyneth
Walker's North Country Concerto with the Pennsylvania Sinfonia
Orchestra in 1995 and Douglas Oven's Concerto for Cello with the
Allentown Symphony Orchestra in 1996. Ms. Rowell has been a member
of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra since 1995. As a member of the
Craftsbury Chamber Players she performs chamber music each summer
in her home state of Vermont. Ms. Rowell is a past Coordinator of the
NJSO's REACH Program (Resources for Education and Community
Harmony). She is currently on the roster of Young Audiences of New
Jersey in a string quartet program. She also serves Young Audiences as
a teaching artist working with young soloists from the radio program
From the Top in presentations in public schools.
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