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Madeline Prager
Viola
An active chamber musician, soloist, and recording artist, Madeline Prager has performed extensively in Europe and the United States. In March 2007 she premiered White Boy, Man Invisible, a newly written viola concerto by renowned Bay Area composer Kurt Rohde, with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. She has recorded the recently discovered octet by Max Bruch on the CPO label with the Ulf Hoelscher ensemble, has attended the Marlboro Music Festival, and performs currently with Trio Concertino, the Sierra Chamber Players, and many local ensembles. Madeline holds degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and the Detmold Music Conservatory in Germany. Her principal teachers were Detlev Olshausen and Bruno Giuranna. Ms. Prager has served as principal violist of the Wuerttemberg Chamber Orchestra and the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra in Germany. Currently she is principal violist of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and the Pacific Chamber Symphony. She has taught on three German college faculties, most recently for 10 years as Professor of Viola at the Music Conservatory in Karlsruhe, and at University of the Pacific. In addition to playing as much chamber music as possible, Ms. Prager is an avid supporter of public education, teaching music in the Berkeley Unified School District as well as in her private studio in the East Bay.
Ms. Prager will be accepting students starting fall 2009.
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