Meet the extraordinary musicians who will perform in the Winter 2025 concert in the Four Seasons in Music series:
Kathryn Lockwood, Viola and Artistic Director originally from Down Under, leads an active career as Musician, Educator and Artistic Director. She initially traveled to the US to study for one year in Los Angeles at USC…that was 30 years ago and she is still here! Kathryn first moved to Chicago and then to New York which is now her home. Her childhood dreams to be a chamber musician came true first as the violist of Pacifica Quartet, then the Lark Quartet. And now the very unique viola and percussion duo with her husband, Yousif Sheronick. For the last five years Kathryn has been keeping busy as artistic director of the Four Seasons in Music concert series at the Sands Point Preserve, Long Island, NY, where duoJalal is in residence. Kathryn is currently tenured faculty at and at the John Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, previously serving on the faculty at University of Massachusetts/Amherst, Rutgers University in NJ, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Music Institute of Chicago, and National Music Camp in Australia. Recently appointed Curator of the Immersive Residency Program at Montclair State University, she oversees weeklong residency visits of internationally renowned artists and groups.
Yousif Sheronick, Percussion grew up in Iowa in a Lebanese family. After graduating from Yale, he discovered the intoxicating sound of world music and frame drums. Now a master global percussionist, Yousif travels the world sharing his passion and knowledge performing with a diverse range of ensembles and musicians including Philip Glass, Yo-Yo Ma, Laurie Anderson, Ethos Percussion Group, Lark Quartet, Silk Road Ensemble, Branford Marsalis, Sonny Fortune, Glen Velez and Paul Winter. A feature article in Drum! Magazine highlighted Yousif’s versatility in an article titled “At The Corner Of The World”. Eager to educate, Yousif’s online frame drum school www.framedrumschool.org boasts over 1000 students from 68 countries. His most recent endeavor is being appointed co-artistic director for the Telluride MusicFest.
duoJalal, Ensemble in Residence “are fearless seekers and synthesizers of disparate instruments and cultures” raves the Toronto Star. Like the marriage between Kathryn Lockwood and Yousif Sheronick, their music represents an organic amalgam of cultural traditions and musical styles. Audiences are enthralled as an Australian violist ignites her instrument with passion – one minute embodying a medieval rebec, the next a contemporary violist playing Philip Glass. Yousif, of Lebanese descent, dazzles as he manipulates multiple sounds on an array of hand drums followed by intoxicating melodies on vibraphone.
duoJalal moves from Classical to Klezmer, Middle Eastern to Jazz, with a skillful confluence that is natural, exploratory, and passionate. duoJalal has performed throughout the United States, Australia and Brazil regularly performing world premieres of works composed or arranged for the group by Philip Glass, Andrew Waggoner, Derek Bermel, Kenji Bunch, Evan Ziporyn, Eve Beglarian and John Patitucci. Kathryn and Yousif are co-artistic directors and ensemble in residence of the Telluride MusicFest. A festival housed in a gorgeous mountain home situated at 10,000 feet!
WINTER GUEST ARTISTS:
Deborah Buck (Violin) has built a rich and varied musical career as a chamber musician–including 17 years with the celebrated Lark Quartet, as well as a concertmaster, pedagogue, soloist, recording artist, and artistic director. Highlights of recent performances include recitals with pianist Orli Shaham at the Kauffman Music Center’s Musical Storefront series (NYC), BargeMusic (NYC), and for Orchestra Lumos’ Small Spaces in New Canaan, CT. Buck made her Lincoln Center concerto debut in 1997 with the Little Orchestra Society of New York. She served as the tenured concertmaster of the Brooklyn Philharmonic from 2008-2013, concertmaster of the Los Angeles Opera Guild and St. Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra (L.A), and has just recently led the Phoenix, West Virginia, and Youngstown Symphony Orchestras as Guest Concertmaster. In 2022, Music Director Michael Stern appointed Ms. Buck as Concertmaster of Orchestra Lumos (formerly Stamford Symphony). Ms. Buck has recorded for Endeavor, Koch, Arabesque, and Bridge Record labels, as well as for the motion picture and television industry, including featured violin solos in the re-mastered American Silent Film classic, The Scarlet Letter (Turner Classic Movies). Since 2014, Ms. Buck has held the positions of Head of Strings and Chamber Music and Assistant Professor of Violin at SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music. Ms. Buck is the Co-Executive Director and concert series curator of the Kinhaven Music School in Weston, Vermont.
Emma Frucht (Violin) is celebrated for her fearless leadership, warmly expressive playing, and collaborative spirit that inspires both her fellow musicians and audiences alike. A passionate and dedicated orchestral leader, Emma is a tenured member of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, where she frequently serves as concertmaster and principal second violin. Chamber music has long been at the heart of Emma Frucht’s musical journey, and in 2019, she joined the GRAMMY-nominated Aizuri Quartet. Recent highlights include Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award, the quartet’s major concerto debut with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in John Adams’s Absolute Jest, as well as debuts at the 92nd Street Y, Carnegie Hall, and Boston’s Celebrity Series. Emma joined the faculty of Adelphi University in the fall of 2022 as an Adjunct Professor of Violin. Her primary teachers have included Louise Behrend, Lynn Chang, Daniel Phillips, and Naoko Tanaka.
Canadian-born Caroline Stinson (Cello) is a cellist with the Ciompi String Quartet and Associate Professor at Duke University. Ms. Stinson performs widely as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician, appearing at Zankel Hall (Carnegie), The Gardner Museum (Boston) and The Smithsonian (DC); the Koelner Philharmonie, Lucerne Festival and Cité de la Musique in Europe, and the Centennial Centre in Canada. She is Principal Cello of the Stamford Symphony in CT and performs regularly in Canada and Europe in recital. Ms. Stinson has premiered dozens of works for solo cello, concerti and chamber music, and her many recordings include the solo CD Lines on Albany Records. Ms. Stinson studied with Alan Harris, Maria Kliegel in Germany and Joel Krosnick at Juilliard, where she received the Artist Diploma. She taught at Juilliard from 2008-2018 and was a member of the Lark Quartet in NY before moving to Durham. With her husband, composer Andrew Waggoner, Caroline is Co-Artistic Director of Weekend Chamber Music in the Catskill Region of NY State.