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The Flint Institute of Music
1025 E. Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503
Monday - Thursday 8 am - 7 pm
Friday 8 am - 5 pm | Saturday 9 am - 1 pm
810-238-1350
Flint Youth Theatre
1220 E. Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503
Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5 pm
810-237-1530
(ext. 128), Violin, Viola, FSPA String, Harp and Guitar Department Chair, Music on the Move Coordinator, Flint Youth Philharmonia Conductor, Troubadours Violist: B.M. (string education specialist), Michigan State University. Studied with C. Tait, W. Vehrder, Mark O'Connor and Juilliard String Quartet. Member of the American String Teachers Association. Principal second violin, Flint Symphony Orchestra and Saginaw Symphony. Violist, Classic Impressions String Quartet.
(ext. 228), Guitar; Completing BA in classical guitar performance, Wayne State University. Studied on scholarship at Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais, Brazil, with Flavio Barbeitas. Has studied with Lee Dynament, Mari Yancho, Steven Carryer.
(ext. 215) Violin, Viola. MM Violin Performance, Wayne State University, BM Bob Jones University, Kindermusik Certified. Performed with Wayne State University Symphony, Dearborn Symphony and Lake Orion Chamber Music Society. Studied with Hai Xin Wu.
(ext. 229), Violin and Viola. Native of Dearborn, Michigan. B.A. (Violin Performance) Hope College, 2003. Works independently in the greater Detroit Area as a free lance musician. Member of the Troubadours, an outreach group through FIM that reaches over 100 elementary schools each year. Plays in Michigan Philharmonic (concert master), Dearborn Symphony (principal second violin), and periodically in the Flint Symphony. In addition, is an avid music educator, conducting the Concert Orchestra in the Dearborn Youth Symphony, the String Ensemble at Fordson High School in Dearborn, and a studio of private students in Dearborn. In the summers, plays viola in a string quartet that performs at various venues in the Upper Penisula.
(ext. 273), Began studying the harp at age 8 with Julie Keyes. Received M.M. (Harp Performance), University of Michigan, 2009 and B.M., University of Arizona, 2007. Recipient of full tuition scholarships at both universities and studied with Professors Joan Holland, Lynne Aspnes and Dr. Carrol McLaughlin. While at the University of Arizona toured with the university harp ensemble, HarpFusion, to China, Korea, and Spain where she was selected to compete in the Maria Rosa Calvo-Manzano Spanish International Harp Competition. Performs regularly with top regional orchestras including the Lansing Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, and the Flint Symphony Orchestra. In 2002 she was selected to perform with the Olympic International Orchestra for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Competed in and won several competitions including the University of Arizona Concerto Competition, Southern Arizona Symphony Concerto Competition, and the ASTA String Competition. As a solo harpist has performed many concertos with the Murray Symphony including the Handel Harp Concerto in B-flat, the Rodrigo Concierto Serenata, and the Saint-Saëns Morceau de Concert. Also performed many solo and ensemble recitals throughout Utah, Arizona, and Michigan.
Karen Donato, (ext. 230) Violin and Viola: MA of Music in Violin Performance, University of Michigan; BA in Urban Planning, Bryn Mawr. Section violin and Chair of Orchestra Committee for Flint Symphony Orchestra. Member of Saginaw Bay and Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestras and substitute for Lansing and Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestras. Member of chamber ensembles Kerrytown Trio and Weber/Jenks/Wu Trio . Coaches University of Michigan Life Sciences Orchestra.
(ext. 222), Guitar: B.A. (language arts), University of Michigan-Flint with credits in guitar performance, music history, music education and choir. Independent study of classical guitar, jazz guitar and music theory with John Hall at Oakland University. Taught at Orchard Lake School of Music in West Bloomfield and Clarkston Conservatory.
(ext. 249), Cello; M.M., Michigan State University; B.M. (music education), University of Michigan-Flint; post-graduate work, Mary Grove College and University of Michigan. Member, Flint Symphony Orchestra, Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra. Band and orchestra instructor, Flint Community Schools.
(ext. 211), String Instructor. Pursuing BM at Michigan State University in Music Education and Cello Performance. Member of MSU Symphony and Chamber Orchestra. Former faculty member of Summer Fun with Strings (FIM), New York ASTA String Institute Former member of Flint Youth Symphony Orchestra and World Youth Symphony Orchestra.
(ext. 232), Violin: Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Awarded 3 prizes in the International Violin Competition in 1993 (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Soloist with Uzbekistan National Symphony, Tashkent Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, and other ensembles. Graduated from Michigan State University with a D.M.A. (2010), Tashkent State Conservatoire with a Golden Diploma B.M. and M.M. (1998), D.M.A. (2002). Master classes with E. Drucker, I. Kavafian , and P. Zukerman. Won Pittsburgh Symphony Concerto Competition in 2001. Degrees from Duquesne University: Artist Diploma (2001), M.M. (2003). Full scholarship for doctoral studies at MSU to study with Dmitri Berlinsky. In 2004, won 2nd prize at the 33rd William C. Byrd International Young Artists Competition (Flint, U.S.A.). Performed professionally with Pittsburgh Opera Theater, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Lansing Symphony Orchestra and others.
(ext. 210) violin and viola. Pursuing D.M.A. in violin performance on scholarship at Michigan State University; M.M. Michigan State University; BM, National Taiwan Normal University. A native of Taiwan, she received her Teacher Certificate prior to studying abroad. Current performance experience includes Assistant Concertmaster in the Traverse City Symphony Orchestra and violinist in her local Lansing area as well as other orchestras throughout Michigan. She was a violin instructor for Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.