Kelly Hall-Tompkins
Violin
Orchestral Experience
Chamber Orchestra of New York- Concertmaster- Orchestra debut Zankel Hall, Fall 2007
New Jersey Symphony - Section 1st Violin
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - 1st and 2nd Violin
New York Philharmonic - Substitute (over 150 concerts from '94-98)
Philharmonia Virtuosi- Assistant Concertmaster/Section 1st violin
Naumburg Concerts Orchestra – Concertmaster
American Symphony Orchestra - Section 1st violin
Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife, Spain -Section 1st violin
Spoleto Festival Orchestra - Spoleto, Italy – Section 1st Violin
Schleswig-Holstein Festival-Salzau, Germany – Associate Concertmaster
Manhattan School Symphony and Chamber Sinfonia - Concertmaster
New York String Orchestra-Alexander Schneider Seminar - Section 1st violin
Chamber Music and Solo
Two Solo CDs: “In My Own Voice” on MSR Classics October 2008 and Debut, May 2002- independent
Soloist with Dallas Symphony (TX), Chamber Orchestra of New York (NYC), Western Piedmont Symphony (NC), Greenville Symphony (SC), Monmouth Symphony (NJ), Philharmonic of Uruguay (South America), Atlanta University Orchestra (GA), Gateways Festival (NY), Festival of the Atlantic (NJ)
Solo Recitals: Carnegie Weill Hall (NYC); Barnes and Noble (NY, FL); Phillips Collection (DC); National Academy of Sciences (D.C.); Dame Myra Hess Recital Series and radio simulcast- Chicago (IL); New York City ; Rochester (NY); Houghton (MI); Long Island (NY)- Islip Arts Council & Coffee Concerts); Middletown (CT); Katonah (NY); Greenville (SC)
Music Kitchen Series- Concerts with Emanuel Ax; Albrecht Mayer, oboist; cellists: Mark Kosower, Jeff Zeigler, Nicole Johnson & 50 additional artists- featured in Strings Magazine, Chamber Music Magazine, Hallmark Channel
Bargemusic with pianist Olga Vinokur and cellist Amy Barston; Peggy and Yale Gordon Trust Fund Concert Series- Baltimore (MD); Four Seasons Concerts - San Francisco (CA); Aurelia Trio ’02-‘05
Member of Ritz Chamber Players- Jacksonville, (FL); featured on BBC/WNYC worldwide broadcast, Madison Festival (GA), Green Lake Festival (WI), Raleigh Chamber Music Guild (NC), National Academy of Sciences (DC), Jazz at Lincoln Center & Symphony Space (NYC), Amelia Island Festival (FL); concerts in Baltimore, Chicago, Buffalo, Miami, Orlando; Featured WNYC “Soundcheck” with Jon Schaeffer 2008
Awards and Honors
Honorarium Prizewinner 2003 Naumburg International Violin Competition
Awarded Presidential Professor from University of MI- Among highest honors for visiting artists and scholars-06,07
Recipient of Mellon Foundation Grants: Solo CD Recording ‘01; Independent Study with Berlin Philharmonic CMs ‘00
Concert Artists Guild - Winner of Career Grant '96
McGraw-Hill Young Artists Showcase on WQXR» New York City - Featured Artist '94
Education
MM- Orchestral Performance, Manhattan School of Music: Glenn Dicterow, teacher
BM- Violin Performance, awarded Performer’s Certificate, Eastman School of Music: Charles Castleman, tchr.
Coachings with: Pam Frank, Thomas Brandis, Daniel Stabrawa, Isaac Stern, Arnold Steinhardt, and Sharon Robinson
Festivals: Schleswig Holstein, Germany; American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France; The Quartet Program with Charles Castleman; Aspen Music Festival; Boston University Tanglewood Institute
Community and Professional Activities
Bach Foundation at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church- President beg. 2009, Board of Directors since 2003
Founder and Director of Music Kitchen-Food for the Soul, Chamber Music Series for the Homeless – est. 2005
Gustav Mahler Society- Board Member 2009
Concert and Media Speaker- New Jersey Symphony, Ritz Chamber Players, Chamber Orchestra of New York
Chamber Music America – Composer Commissioning Grant Panelist
Massachusetts Cultural Council- Grant Panelist 2004
CEO Search Committee – New Jersey Symphony 2005
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