Historical
Piano Concerts Series
About
the Musicians
Jerilyn Jorgensen
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Jerilyn Jorgensen
is a member of the performance faculty of Colorado College and has been
adjunct faculty in violin and chamber music at the Lamont School of
Music of the University of Denver. From 1980-2004 she was first
violinist of the Da Vinci Quartet, and as a member of that ensemble she
has performed throughout the United States, been a prizewinner in the
Shostakovich International String Quartet Competition and finalist in
the Naumburg Chamber Music Competition, and appeared on PBS’s NewsHour
with Jim Lehrer, Her recordings appear on the Naxos
label. Her performances with the quartet have been praised as
“…abundant in feeling and fire” (Milwaukee Journal), “taut, confident
playing, brimming with thrust and color” (Los Angeles Times), and as
exhibiting “ease, authority, and thoroughgoing excellence” (San
Francisco Chronicle).
The 2015-16 season included the complete
Beethoven Sonatas in Colorado Springs and Denver with pianist Cullan
Bryant, as well as appearances in New Mexico, Potsdam, NY, and
elsewhere in Colorado. Her historically informed performances have
included concerts at the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South
Dakota in addition to her appearances at the Historical Piano
Collection. The summer 2014 debut of her latest project,
the Manitou Chamber Music Festival, met with critical acclaim.
“The Shostkovich Piano Trio No. 2…performance was a revelation.
Festival founder, director, and violinist Jeri Jorgensen gave one of
her finest performances.” (Colorado Springs Gazette). In October
of 2011 she was soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs,
Thomas Wilson conducting, in Eric Ewazen’s Concerto for Violin and
Strings.
Ms. Jorgensen has given master classes in violin and
chamber music at the University of California at Davis, University of
Nevada at Las Vegas, Sam Houston State University, Kansas State
University, Simon’s Rock College, the University of Northern Colorado,
and Colorado State University. She is in demand as a pre-college
teacher, counting among her present and past students several winners
of regional competitions, including the MTNA senior string
competition. She is on the faculty of the Lamont Pre-College
Academy summer program and is the Artistic Development Coordinator for
the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association, where her
responsibilities have included curriculum design and teacher training,
and sectional coaching and coaching oversight for four
orchestras. She is currently director of chamber music for the
organization, managing coaching and community performances throughout
the year for student chamber ensembles.
Ms. Jorgensen holds
bachelor of music degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the
Juilliard School, and a master of music degree from Juilliard.
Her major teachers have included Zvi Zeitlin, Joseph Fuchs, and Leonard
Sorkin. She has also worked with Burton Kaplan.
Ms.
Jorgensen’s historic violin is a Viennese instrument from 1797 by
Andreas Carolus Leeb, complimented by a School of Tourte bow from 1820.
We welcome Jerilyn Jorgensen's return for a second appearance in the Historical Piano Concerts series.