Moises
Molina - Cellist
Coming October 2, 2010
Cellist Moisés Molina appears regularly
as a soloist and a chamber musician. He
has performed in the United States, Central
America and Europe. During summer Molina performs
and teaches cello and chamber music at the Schlern International
Music Festival. He has recorded for Centaur Records,
Profil, and New World labels. Molina is Professor of
Cello and Assistant Director of the School of Music
at Western Illinois University. He is the cellist for
the Julstrom String Quartet, a faculty ensemble at WIU.
He directs the Quincy (IL) Summer Music Institute Orchestra
and the IMEA District IV Junior High School Orchestra.
Molina has served as principal cellist
for Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra, Abilene Opera Orchestra,
Quincy Symphony, and Associate Principal for Tallahassee
and Peoria Symphonies. He has given lectures and clinics
for conventions of the College Music Society and the Texas
and Illinois Music Educators Associations. He holds the
Bachelor of Music degree (summa cum laude) from Columbus
State University and graduate degrees, Master of Music
and Doctor of Music, from the Florida State University,
where he was a teaching assistant. Molina studied cello
with Martha Gerschefski, Andrew Luchanski, Lubomir Georgiev,
and Alan Harris. He was successful in several concerto,
solo and chamber music competitions, and was awarded an
orchestra fellowship to the Aspen Music Festival. Molina
taught at Hardin-Simmons and Abilene Christian Universities,
the Summer Fine Arts Camp at the University of Alaska,
Fairbanks, and conducted the Abilene Philharmonic Youth
Orchestra and the Western Illinois University Preparatory
Orchestra.
Coming
February 12, 2011 - Guest Artist - Volkan Orhan, Double
Bass
Coming
March 19, 2011 - Guest Artist - Young Artist Winner
Coming April 16, 2011 - Guest Artist -
Todd Kelly, Trumpet