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DocuSign Envelope ID:870374C9-FE3B-4037-9CA6-43465C92C83A <br /> Artist Profiles 2014-2015 Arts Program Application <br /> JENNIFER CURTIS <br /> Violinist Jennifer Curtis navigates with personality and truth in every piece she performs.Her <br /> second solo concert in Carnegie Hall was described by the New York Times as "one of the <br /> gutsiest and most individual recital programs," and celebrated her as"an artist of keen <br /> intelligence and taste, well worth watching out for." <br /> As a violinist, Jennifer is driven by passion and curiosity, eliminating boundaries of musical <br /> genres and traversing the globe with musical diplomacy. Winner of Astral Artists <br /> Milka/Astral grand prize for violin and Artists International presentations, Jennifer is also an <br /> improviser, composer, multi-instrumentalist,member of the International Contemporary <br /> Ensemble (ICE), and educator. <br /> Recent activities include solo performances with the Simon Bolivar Orchestra in Venezuela, <br /> The Knights Chamber Orchestra, featured artist at the Brasov International Festival in <br /> Romania in honor of George Enescu, featured violinist/composer and percussionist for El <br /> Festival de las Artes Esenias de Lima, Peru, appearances at the Mostly Mozart Festival, <br /> International Brahms Festival,Ecstatic Festival,Festival musique de chambre a Giverny, <br /> Darmstadt Festival,Iceland Airwaves Festival, Wein Modern Festival for Contemporary <br /> music and many more. A lover of Latin American music, Jennifer has had many musical <br /> expeditions in 6 countries south of Mexico. She founded the group Tres Americas Ensemble, <br /> toured with her orignal works and concerti of Mozart, collaborated and studied with Musical <br /> Shaman of the Amazon and the Andes, improvised for live radio from the interior of the <br /> jungle,taught in conservatories and public schools, and performed as violinist,mandolinist, <br /> vocalist and percussionist at many clubs and world music festivals. <br /> Upcoming and recent projects include solo and chamber music performances with John <br /> Adams at the library of congress, Carnegie Hall performance of La Pasion by Osvaldo <br /> Golijov, a Cornell University sponsored commission for a new composition, concertmaster of <br /> East Coast Chamber Orchestra(ECCO) US tour, solo improvisation at the Metropolitan <br /> Museum of Art and a solo CD featuring original compositions inspired by deserts around the <br /> world. <br /> Jennifer holds degrees from Mills College and The Juilliard School,where she studied with <br /> Robert Mann and performed 1'arbre des Songes,Dutilleux's concerto for violin and orchestra <br /> and Lou Harrison's Violin Concerto in Slendro. <br /> Jennifer plays on a 1777 Vincenzo Panormo violin. <br />