Musicians

Music and the other arts are the most potent demonstration that, in the heart, we are all one community.

~ Jan Swafford

Search by instrument:


  • The results are being filtered by the character: T
A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T U W

T

Hakan Tayga
cello

Hakan is Principal Cellist of Binghamton Philharmonic and founding member of the Parlor City Celli. A native of Binghamton, Hakan has wonderful opportunities to collaborate with artists locally and in the Central NY region and in NYC including- Ensemble Concord at the Kilmer Mansion, Pej Reitz, Contemporary Music at Cornell, SUNY Binghamton Faculty novo4tet, DeVere String Quartet, Cypress Willow Quartet, Bach Works NYC, 92nd Street Y Chamber Music Program. Hakan has performed with many regional arts organizations, including the Tri-Cities Opera, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Catskill Symphony, Syracuse Symphony, Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes.

Hakan’s creative collaborations in the role of resident artist, curator and cellist have helped initiate, along with the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, the Musicians Choice series at the Arnot and Rockwell Museums. His imaginative partnerships have also found nourishment at the SPOOL MFG (Spool Contemporary Art Space), the not-for-profit organization founded by Binghamton University Professor Don DeMauro.

Hakan attended Ithaca College, SUNY Purchase, and SUNY Binghamton. He has studied cello with many great musicians, including Peter Wiley, Daniel Phillips, Marion Feldman, Stephen Stalker, Einar J. Holm and Fritz Wallenberg.

Hakan is also a gifted gardener and chef.

Anne Marie Thomas
clarinet

Anne Marie Thomas - clarinet

Anne Marie is a clarinetist, administrator and teacher. She has performed for over a decade with The Augusta Symphony, Augusta Choral Society and Augusta Opera. Anne Marie created the Augusta Preparatory Day School Music and Dance conservatory (voted Best of Augusta in 2010), and has maintained a successful clarinet studio for seventeen years. Her students’ honors include All-State Band, District, Governors Honors, and The Augusta Symphony Young Artist Concerto Competition.

Her teachers were Hymie Voxman, Dr. Maurita Meade, Doug Graham, Laura Arden, and James Pyne. Anne Marie graduated with honors from The Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in clarinet performance. During her senior year, she earned the Donald E. McGinnis award, given annually to one band member whose musicianship, leadership, and personality emulate the professional standards of Donald E. McGinnis, who served as the director of bands for twenty seven years.

Laura Tomlin
violin, composer, conductor

Laura Tomlin - violin, composer, conductor

Laura is the director of the Orchestra and string program at Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School in Augusta. She is the founder and director of the Carolina String Academy in Aiken and the conductor of the Aiken Youth Orchestras. She is an adjunct professor at Augusta State University and the University of South Carolina, Aiken, and teaches violin and viola privately at the Carolina Academy of Music and for the ASU Conservatory Program. She also served for several years as conductor of the Greater Augusta Youth Orchestras.

She has extensive experience as a chamber musician, including eleven years with the Augusta Symphony String Quartet, three years with the Magellan String Quartet as artist-in-residence at Georgia Southern University, and four years with the Southern Arts Piano Trio. Laura’s students, colleagues and audiences benefit from her expertise and versatility as a music arranger.

She has participated in music festivals in New York, California, Michigan, North Carolina, and Maine, and has performed throughout the United States and Europe, most recently in Weill Recital Hall in New York as a member of the ARCO Chamber Orchestra. She was awarded a 2001 research grant to attend the International Colourstrings Symposium in Helsinki, Finland.

Laura has been a member of Symphony Orchestra Augusta since 1987, serving one year as concertmaster, ten years as principal second violin, and currently as assistant concertmaster. Laura’s students have won numerous awards and competitions. She also directs the ASU Summer String Camp, as well as the ASU Honors String Jamboree, and coaches chamber music for the ASU Chamber Music Camp. She received a Bachelor of Music from North Carolina School of the Arts, a Master of Music from the University of Southern California, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Georgia.

Amy Tompkins
viola

Amy Tompkins, violaAmy Tompkins received her Master’s Degree in Arts Administration from Indiana University, Master’s of Music in Viola Performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder (where she studied with Erika Eckert, Geraldine Walther, and the Takács Quartet), and Bachelor’s of Music from Boise State University (student of Dr. Linda Kline). Regionally, she has performed with Albany Pro Musica, Binghamton Philharmonic, Catskill Symphony, Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, Saratoga Voices, and Tri-Cities Opera. Tompkins is a founding member of the Castalia Quartet and Principal Viola for the newly-formed Fenimore Chamber Orchestra in Cooperstown, NY. She regularly performs with the Upper Catskill String Quartet and is delighted to be making her second appearance with the Fenimore String Quartet. Previous engagements in her home state of Idaho include the Boise Philharmonic, Boise Baroque Orchestra, Opera Idaho, McCall SummerFest, and Sun Valley Opera. She currently serves as the Associate Director of Development for the Glimmerglass Festival.

Top of Page

One thought on “Musicians”

  1. Kate,
    My son is getting married at our home in Evans on October 16, 2021 . It is a small wedding of approximately 130 people, and will be held outdoors. We are beginning to plan the music for the wedding and wanted to incorporate a “String Trio”with violin or viola, cello, and flute. My friend Stan Pylant, recommended that I contact you since you schedule wedding events through “In Praise of Music”. I would appreciate you contacting me so that we could discuss the possibilities of special wedding music.
    Sincerely,
    Jan Key
    706-294-0330

Comments are closed.