Board of Directors

 

Dr. Carole Cowan (President) has been concertmaster of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic since 1978 and is an active chamber musician, soloist, and teacher. First violinist of the HVP String Quartet (the quartet-in-residence at the State University of New York at New Paltz), Ms. Cowan has also performed with many chamber musicians, including the Emerson and Alexander string quartets. She performed for ten summers at the Festival Casals in Puerto Rico and has served as concertmaster and soloist in festivals in Spain and Italy. She is an associate professor at SUNY-New Paltz and is conductor of the College-Youth Symphony of the Hudson Valley. Her private students have won scholarships and competitions at festivals and conservatories in the United States and abroad. An alumna of the Aspen Music Festival and School, Ms. Cowan has spent thirty summers with the AMFS, where she is currently assistant concertmaster of the Aspen Festival Orchestra. She has recorded on New World Records with the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, on Soundspells the works of Meyer Kupferman, and on Albany Records the music of Robert Starer. Ms. Cowan studied with Toshiya Eto, Steven Staryk, Broadus Erle, and Dorothy DeLay. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale University School of Music.

Vice President
Mary Jane Corry

Secretary
Barbara Adams

Treasurer
Karin Warner

Valentina Charlap-Evans
Murray Cohen
Margaret Corrieri
Deborah Dresser
Joël Evans
Jessica Gerson
Kiki Hayden

Advisory Board
Claudia Cummings
Carla Decker
Susan Seligman
Gary Schuster
Richard Severo