DUXBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL
PREPARATORY PROGRAM (DMF Prep)
Faculty
STEPHEN DEITZ, Program Director, piano
South Shore Conservatory
Stephen Deitz began his piano studies at the age of six, studying with Levin Houston and Evelyn Swarthout Hayes of Washington, D.C. He studied with Adele Marcus and Oxana Yablonskaya, both of the Juilliard School, and completed his M.M. at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, as a student of John Perry. Although beginning his doctoral studies with Nelita True at the University of Maryland, College Park, he interrupted them after being named Artist-in-Residence at the Dunbarton School of Music in Bermuda. He subsequently resumed doctoral studies at the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Solomon Mikowski, Constance Keene, and Jeffrey Cohen.
JIM VINCI, Conductor
South Shore Conservatory
A graduate of the University of Connecticut, where he received his Bachelors Degree in Music Education, Mr. Vinci is the Middle and High School Orchestra Director for the Duxbury Public Schools. He also holds a Masters Degree in Education from Cambridge College. In addition to his award winning ensembles in Duxbury, he has guest conducted Festival Orchestras including SEMSBA, MSOA, and the Massachusetts Music Educator’s Associations Central, Southeast, and Western District Orchestras. He was named 2001 Orchestra Director of the Year by the American String Teachers Association with the National School Orchestra Association, and in 2003 received the Lowell Mason Award for outstanding contributions to Music Education.
PATRICK OWEN, cello
South Shore Conservatory
A native of Michigan, cellist Patrick Owen has performed in recitals and as a soloist with orchestras in Europe, the United States and Japan. Recent engagements include a performance of the Dvorak Cello Concerto with the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, a recital on WCRB’s summer concert series in Boston’s Hatchshell, and a New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.
Mr. Owen received his Bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music. While a student at Eastman, he spent one year of study in Paris at the Paris Conservatory. He received a Master’s degree from the Juilliard School in 1999, and finished Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Boston University in 2007. Mr. Owen has been an honored participant at the summer music festivals of Aspen, Sarasota, Taos, Brevard and others. His teachers include Pamela Frame, Alan Harris, Phillipe Muller, Harvey Shapiro, James Kreger and Andres Diaz.
KATHERINE ROUSSOPOULOS, violin
South Shore Conservatory
Katherine received her first 10 years of violin instruction from Madeleine van Rooyen at the Hugo Lambrechts Music Center in Cape Town, South Africa. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in violin performance, from the University of Cape Town, in 2004 and in 2005 completed her Honors degree in violin performance with distinction. As well as receiving a bursary from SAMRO, Katherine has been awarded the Gerry Meyer and Alfred Libochowitz String Prizes, and is currently a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society.
She has studied under Prof. Jack de Wet, Prof. Jurgen Schwietering, Prof. Farida Bacharova, and most recenlty Prof. Bayla Keyes at Boston University where she completed her Masters degree in violin performance, graduating Summa Cum Laude in May 2008.
PHILIP RUSH, viola
South Shore Conservatory
Philip Rush, violin and viola, born and raised in Riverside, California, is a musician with a wide range of interests and experience. Although classically trained, he has also performed as an electric violist in rock bands, in folk ensembles, and in jazz ensembles. His experience with contemporary music and baroque performance on period instruments has led to an interest in improvisation in traditional genres as well. As a teacher Philip strives to help his students achieve a sound, tension-free technique combined with the mental tools and intellectual curiosity to help achieve their own individual musical goals, whatever they may be.
Philip holds a BA, cum laude, from the University of California at Riverside, a MFA in viola performance from the California Institute of the Arts, and a DM in viola performance from the Florida State University. In addition to teaching at South Shore Conservatory, Philip is an active freelance musician, performing regularly with the Chamber Orchestra of Boston, Intermezzo Opera Boston, The Rhode Island Philharmonic, The Handel and Haydn Society and the Cantata Singers.
REGINA YUNG, piano
South Shore Conservatory
A native of Hong Kong, Regina Yung has performed as a soloist, collaborative pianist, and chamber musician in numerous venues throughout Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Her performances have been broadcast on radio and television on RTHK in Hong Kong, GLR Classical Radio in London, WQXR Radio and WNBC television in New York.
As a teacher, Ms. Yung has taught at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Oberlin College Conservatory, the Manhattan School of Music and its Summer Music Camp. She was also on the piano faculty of the Amadeus and Concordia Conservatories and an adjunct faculty member at the Concordia College in Bronxville, New York.
Regina Yung graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and received a Performance Certificate from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She obtained her Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin College Conservatory, and her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Manhattan School of Music.