violin soloist

Currently free-lancing with Plymouth Philharmonic, New England Symphony, Southeastern MA Chorus...private engagements from 1994-2022, including both unaccompanied acoustic performances and VVO (Violin with Virtual Orchestra) performances. 

Miscellaneous free-lance engagements include orchestral, chamber music and solo gigs for the last 20 some-odd years.

2/14/01: Valentine's Day Family Concert-BCO & the Easton Chamber Orchestra at Philip Hallowell Auditorium Easton, MA performing Vivaldi "Winter" from "The Four Seasons" 

10/28/01: "Debuts & Dances, Seasons & Romances" H. Shilakowsky violin soloist & conductor with the Bristol Chamber Orchestra at United Church of Christ, Canton MA 

  • Antonio Vivaldi "Autumn" from "The Four Seasons" 
  • Shilakowsky Violin Concerto 
  • Bartok Roumananian Dances 
  • Dvorak Serenade 

2000:   Schubert "Rondo" w/GSSO, Vivaldi 'Summer', Schubert 'Rondo', Bach Double, Vivaldi w/BCO 

12/11/99:         Solo Recital at Temple Beth Emunah, Brockton Ma 

  • Ballade Sonate No.3, Op. 27 by Eugene Ysaye 
  • Sonata No.2 in A minor by Johann Sebastian Bach 
  • and Medley of Jewish tunes for Hanukah arr. H. Shilakowsky 

1998-2000:      Recitals  at in Newton, MA, Johannesburg & Pietersburg, SA 

1/28/93:           Vaughan-Williams 'Lark Ascending' Charleston S.O. (S.Malina) 

10/12/91:         Mozart 4th Violin Concerto w/Charleston S.O. (D. Stahl, mus.dir.) 

4/3-6/91:          Mozart 5th Violin Concerto w/New Orleans Symphony (Wm. H. Curry) 

11/4/89:           Ravel 'Tzigane', Vaughan-Wms. 'Lark Ascending' Omaha SCO (Wm. Jenks) 

10/9/88:           Brahms Violin Concerto w/Georgetown Symphony (John Welsh, cond.) 

83-85:              Dvorak, Bach Concerti, Mozart  #5 w/Grand Rapids Symphony (S. Bychkov)

ensemble violinist

Leader; Shilakowsky String Quartet 
All Bloch Concert - Bloch's Quartet No. 4, Violin Suite No. 2 Cape Cod Synagogue 
Perfect Harmony Concert - Donna McElroy Band with the Shilakowsky String Quartet 
Vortex Other Dimension Ensemble 
Chamber Music Concert at Temple Shir Tikvah - Dvorak American Quartet 
Mother's Day Memorial Concert, Shir Tikvah String Ensemble - Borodin String Quartet #2, Cancione for String Sextet by Ramsey Ameen 
Concertmaster & Music Director, Bristol Chamber Orchestra, & ensembles 
Leader & Contractor; Shilakowsky String Quartet & the S-Band

recording sessions; Nashville

My Resumé

Harris Shilakowsky violinist, conductor, music educator 

Teaching 

2018-present: Teacher of violin, viola, cello & piano at Fall River Arts Academy & Parallel Sound Studio in Newton, MA, Ivy Music Academy beginning 2022, Easton Music School (2012-present) 

2017-2018: Adjunct professor; violin, Bunker Hill Community College 

2013-2016: Director Orchestral Program at Foxborough Regional Charter School. 

Designed ensemble program, recruitment program, teaching program for all levels of instruction; grades 4-12. 
Created & instructed group lesson ‘boot camp’ to introduce beginners to all instruments (orchestral & band). 
Interviewed & recruited private instrumental teachers and oversaw private instruction program. Conducted all levels of orchestras (String Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra & Concert Band). 
Taught miscellaneous courses including small jazz & pop ensembles, composition. 
Taught Kindergarten General Music (2016) and taught 6th grade General Music (2015). 
Created & administrated school's instrument rental program; Purchased instruments, administrated maintenance & payment administration & record-keeping. 

2008-2016: Teaching privately violin, viola, cello, string bass, piano & theory. 

2008-2016: As 2nd violinist of Rhode Island Philharmonic String Quartet performed educational lecture-demonstrations. 

2005-2007: Taught violin and conducted student String Chamber Orchestra at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, MA. Teaching privately violin, viola, cello and piano & theory. 

2004-2005: Substitute teaching in music classes & general ed all ages; Attleboro Public Schools 

1996-2005: Teaching & Administrating CMSE-BCO Ensembles' Programs and Private Studio; teaching violin, viola, cello, beginning piano & Coaching Chamber Music & New Testament Christian School String Program. Sectional coach; Greater Boston Youth Symphony 

2002: Substitute string instructor & string orchestra conductor for Worcester Public Schools (taught small-group string lessons in 2 elementary schools (gr.3-6) & conducted WPS All-City String Orchestra (gr.5-8) after school) 

1997-2000: Substitute teaching Cambridge School System 

1985-89: violin and chamber music faculty at New England Conservatory of Music Prep Dept. and the Walnut Hill School of the Arts. 

1985-87: Violin and chamber music faculty & string department chair at South Shore Conservatory of Music 

1991-93: Adjunct Professorship College of Charleston 

1985-86: Violin faculty Thayer Conservatory & Grafton, MA. Private studio in US and Gran Canaria 

1982: private studio (Nashville TN) 

Masterclasses & Lectures 

October 15, 2005; Longy Music School Performance Hour Masterclass at Wolfinsohn Recital Room 

Viola-Violin Duo Lecture-Demonstration at Oliver Ames High School, sponsored by Tri-M Honors Society 

Education 

M.Mus.; 1980; Yale University Graduate Professional School of Music, violin studies w/Joseph Silverstein and Koichiro Harada.

Masterclass: Oscar Shumsky. Conducting and score-reading & analysis w/Otto Werner Mueller. 

Bachelor Music, cum laudé; NEC, violin; Nancy Cirillo;1977 

Tanglewood Fellow, Meadowmount, Alexandar Schneider Seminar. 

Conducting studies with Carl St. Clair, (director of the Pacific Symphony) at NEC. 

Certifications 

MA teacher's certification (music and general K-12) 

Musical Performance & Conducting & Leadership Roles

2005-2006: Conductor; Bishop Feehan Chamber String Orchestra. 

1999-2005: Music Director & Violin Soloist; Bristol Chamber Orchestra, Conductor; Sharon Community Chamber Orchestra & Concertmaster; Granite State S.O.(Babb), New Bedford S.O. 

2002: Guest Conductor, Rocky Ridge Music Festival Orchestra (YAS program) 

1999: Concertmaster, Coro Allegro, misc. theatrical shows @Providence Performing Arts Center(PPAC),  Princ. IInd violin, Boston Lyric Opera 

1997-98: Concertmaster: Great Woods Festival Orch., Connecticut River Symphony, Concertmaster: Livent National Tour; "Showboat", Providence Performing Arts Center; "Phantom...", "Peter Pan", Colonial Theater "Chicago". 

1994-97: Concertmaster: Opera New England; "Daughters Of The Regiment", Concertmaster: Colonial Theater, Solo Violin & Concertmaster: European Theatres. 

1993-94: Guest Leader: London Symphony Orchestra (M.T. Thomas)  London, England 

1991-93: Concertmaster: Charleston Symphony (D.Stahl), Section: Boston Pops Orch. 

1990-91: Concertmaster: New Orleans Sym. (Maxim Shostakovich) 

1989-90: Concertmaster: Omaha Symphony (B. Hangen) 

1988-89: Assistant Concertmaster: Boston Philharmonic (B. Zander) 

1986-88: Concertmaster: Georgetown & Prince William Symphony, Concertmaster- contractor: Pittsburgh Ballet, Ass't Cond.: NEC-YSO (A. Kula, dir) 

1975-86: Concertmaster: Portland, ME (Hangen), Grand Rapids S.O. (Bychkov), Des Moines Metro Opera, Nashville S.O. (Charry & Schermerhorn) 

1982-84: Assistant Concertmaster: Nashville Symphony 

1978-79: Moines Metro Opera & concertmaster: Orquesta Sinfonica de Las Palmas & Opera Festival 

1975-86: concertmaster: Portland Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra 

Section/Miscellaneous Free-lance 

1999-2005:      Boston Lyric Opera (S.Lord), Rhode Island Philharmonic, Cantata Singers (D. Hoose), Boston Ballet. 

1997-98: Contata Singers (D. Hoose) & Boston Ballet. 

1986-97: Boston Pops Orch.(BPEO, Williams), American Symphony Orch. (L. Botstein) 

1975-86: Pro Arté Ch.Orch., Boston Ballet, Opera Co. of Boston (Caldwell), Buffalo Philharmonic(Rudel), Chautauqua Symphony (Commissiona) 

Miscellaneous Section Violinist positions: Chautauqua Symphony, Pro Arté Chamber Orchestra, Boston Ballet Orchestra, Opera Co. of Boston (Caldwell), Buffalo Philharmonic (Rudel) (80-81) 

Some Conductors I've played under

Serge Commissiona, Michael Tilson Thomas, Seiji Ozawa, Sir George Szolti, Sarah Caldwell, Maxim Shostakovich, Semyon Bychkov, Otto Werner-Mueller, André Previn, Sir Colin Davis, Steven Lord, Placido Domingo, Bruce Hangen, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Julius Rudel, Gunther Schuller 

Solo Performances

2/14/01: Valentine's Day Family Concert-BCO & the Easton Chamber Orchestra at Philip Hallowell Auditorium Easton, MA performing Vivaldi "Winter" from "The Four Seasons" 

10/28/01: "Debuts & Dances, Seasons & Romances" H. Shilakowsky violin soloist & conductor with the Bristol Chamber Orchestra at United Church of Christ, Canton MA 

  • Vivaldi "Autumn" from "The Four Seasons"
  • Shilakowsky Violin Concerto 
  • Bartok Roumananian Dances 
  • Dvorak Serenade 

2000:   Vivaldi 'Summer', Schubert 'Rondo', Bach Double, Vivaldi with Bristol Chamber Orchestra 

12/11/99: Solo Recital at Temple Beth Emunah, Brockton Ma 

Ballade Sonate No.3, Op. 27 by Eugene Ysaye 

Sonata No.2 in A minor by Johann Sebastian Bach 

Medley of Jewish tunes for Hanukah arr. H. Shilakowsky 

1998-2000: Recitals in Newton, MA, Johannesburg & Pietersburg, SA 

1/28/93: Vaughan-Williams 'Lark Ascending' Charleston S.O. (S.Malina) 

10/12/91: Mozart 4th Violin Concerto w/Charleston S.O. (D. Stahl, mus.dir.) 

4/3-6/91: Mozart 5th Violin Concerto w/New Orleans Symphony (Wm. H. Curry) 

11/4/89: Ravel 'Tzigane', Vaughan-Wms. 'Lark Ascending' Omaha SCO (Wm. Jenks) 

10/9/88: Brahms Violin Concerto w/Georgetown Symphony (John Welsh, cond.) 

83-85: Dvorak, Bach Concerti, Mozart  #5 w/Grand Rapids Symphony (S. Bychkov) 

Chamber Music

1999-2005: Concertmaster & Music Director, Bristol Chamber Orchestra, & ensembles 

1991-93: 1st vln, Charleston. Symphony Orchestra String Quartet,  College of Chas. S.Q. (adjunct prof.) 

'85-90: Pro Arté Ch. Orch., Nuage Chamber Players, Omaha Symphony String Quartet 

'83-85: DeVos Quartet, Heritage Hill Series, Midwest Trio/Lyceum Concerts 

'81-83: Nashville Symphony Quartet & Quintet 

Recordings 

Threnody with the Bristol String Trio, produced by ShilakowskyArts.com includes Threnody by D. Krishnaswami & Sonatine a Trois by Milhaud 

Songs from Babel, produced by ShilakowskyArts.com on the MP3 label includes violin & piano pieces by Bloch, Bruch, Avidom, Shilakowsky & Lavry. 

Christie; Who Needs Love (contractor & violinist) 

Session musician; various artists in Nashville, TN 

Pro Arté Chamber Orchestra recordings (2) 

New England Conservatory Country Fiddle Band 

NEC Paul Whiteman Big Band

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