Prometheus Trio Milwaukee

Education

• Bachelor of Arts in Music, Magna cum laude – Harvard University
• Master of Music, with highest distinction in Piano Performance – Indiana University

Background

• Joined the WCM Piano faculty in 1987.
• Focuses on the areas of educating an array of students and chamber music.
• Received the Milwaukee Civic Music Association’s award for Excellence in Studio Teaching.
• Enjoys being an active musician in the Prometheus Trio, and participating in the Washington Island Music Festival.
• Made her solo debut with the Boston Pops at age 17, and her Carnegie Hall debut in 1984.
• Twice awarded Second Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and received Indiana University’s Leo Weiner Prize for Chamber Music.
• Has soloed with both the Milwaukee Symphony and the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra.
• Recorded for the Arundax, CRI, Fleur de Son, Equilibrium, and the Wisconsin Conservatory labels.
• Received WCM’s “Teacher of the Year” honor in 2017.

Violin & Viola

Education

• Yale School of Music
• Northwestern University School of Music

Background

• A member of the First Violin section in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
• Summer performances include the First Violin sections of both the Bellingham (WA) and Peninsula (WI) Music Festivals
• As a chamber musician, she has performed at New York’s Bargemusic, and for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNOW, and can be heard on numerous series in the Milwaukee area, including Frankly Music and Present Music.
• Soloist with the Milwaukee, Berkeley, and Oakland East Bay Symphonies
• Performs as a member of the Arcas String Quartet and the violin/viola duo Bowing Rogue.

Education

Cello Performance – Indiana University
B.M., Cello Performance – San Francisco State University

Background

• Scott has served as Associate Principal Cellist of the Milwaukee Symphony and Principal Cellist of the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra since 1987, and has appeared as soloist with both ensembles.
• Was Principal Cellist of the Florida Orchestra (Tampa) and a member of both the Oakleand and San Jose Symphonies.
• Founding member of the Conservatory’s resident Prometheus Trio.
  Performs annually at the Washington Island Music Festival.