Carolyn Plummer's Notre Dame Home Page
Associate Professor of Violin in Department of
Music at the University of Notre Dame.
Former Assistant Concertmaster of the Houston Symphony. Bachelor of Music Degree from Indiana University and Master of Music Degree with Honors in Violin Performance from the New England Conservatory, where I studied with Joseph Silverstein and Charles Treger. Additional teachers have included Urico Rossi, Raphael Bronstein, Dorothy Delay and string quartet studies with William Primrose and members of the Juilliard, Cleveland, Yale, and Bershire Quartets. Has served as Concertmaster of the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and has performed in the Aspen Music Festival, "Strings in the Mountains" Festival in Steamboat Springs, CO, Garth Newel Music Festival, the Interntional Musikdorf Masterclasses in Ernen, Switzerland. Extensive performances in the U.S., and Europe with the Atlanta Virtuosi. Awarded second place in the Coleman Chamber Music Competition in Pasadena, CA. Made Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall debut with the Notre Dame String Trio performing compositions of the 20th century. Extensive performances with my twin sister, Kathryn Plummer, who is a faculty violist at Vandebilt University and former violist with the Blair String Quartet.
Former Assistant Concertmaster of the Houston Symphony. Bachelor of Music Degree from Indiana University and Master of Music Degree with Honors in Violin Performance from the New England Conservatory, where I studied with Joseph Silverstein and Charles Treger. Additional teachers have included Urico Rossi, Raphael Bronstein, Dorothy Delay and string quartet studies with William Primrose and members of the Juilliard, Cleveland, Yale, and Bershire Quartets. Has served as Concertmaster of the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and has performed in the Aspen Music Festival, "Strings in the Mountains" Festival in Steamboat Springs, CO, Garth Newel Music Festival, the Interntional Musikdorf Masterclasses in Ernen, Switzerland. Extensive performances in the U.S., and Europe with the Atlanta Virtuosi. Awarded second place in the Coleman Chamber Music Competition in Pasadena, CA. Made Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall debut with the Notre Dame String Trio performing compositions of the 20th century. Extensive performances with my twin sister, Kathryn Plummer, who is a faculty violist at Vandebilt University and former violist with the Blair String Quartet.
My Notre Dame Address:
206 Crowley Hall of Music
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN. 46556
(574) 631-6422
Recordings:
- Hindemith String Trios with Karen Buranskas -cello, Christine Rutledge - viola - Centaur Records
- Hindemith Excerpt Trio 1
- Hindemith
Excerpt Trio2
- Chamber Music of David Diamond with Ralph Votapek - piano, Notre Dame String Trio - Centaur Records
- Diamond Trio
Live Internet2 Violin Viola Duo Performance from ND and Vanderbilt
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Some of my hobbies:
- Tennis
- Photography
- Golden Retrievers
- Carolyn's Dog Callie
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