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She is a cellist who studied at the University of
Southern California graduating with a Master’s degree and a prize for
performance.
She has worked as a soloist, guest artist, orchestra
member and a chamber musician and some of the ensembles she has appeared
with are the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Current Sounds New Music
Consortium, Czech National Symphony, William
Kraft’s Ensemble fo Contempotary Music, New West Symphony, Nouvelle
Image, the Pacifica Quartet, the Rochelle Abramson Ensemble and the
Sacramento String Quartet.
Performing at many music festivals and concerts she was
invited by the MTA as a guest musician to be part of the octet ensemble to
play in the premier of the opera Hobson’s Choice by John
Bigg’s. Sought after as a
soloist she was the featured cellist in the opera Noyes Fludde by
Benjamin Britten and premiered Concerto for Cello & Chamber
Orchestra by John Biggs with the New West Symphony in 1997.
She is also a duo member with the Celtic harpist Kim
Robertson, with whom she has released the albums Gratitude and Celtic
Christmas II. Working on
productions for children she was a featured artist on The Crystal Harp,
which is a musical narrative.
Kim Robertson & Virginia Kron recordings
As Joseph Was A-Walking (Traditional Breton)
Invincible 119 (CD: Celtic Christmas II)
Cello – Virginia Kron
Celtic Harp - Kim Robertson
Sources:
1.
http://www.eldalamberon.com/virginiakron-bio.html
2.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/kimrobertson6
3.
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Virginia%20Kron:1927121889?sort=az
4.
http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/book.asp?ppn=CDMB20272CD
5.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wxftxqrgldde~T4
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