About Celia Rosenberger
I am a classical violinist and teacher by trade and training. I also play Irish and Celtic fiddle music, perform on the viola, cello, recorder, gamba, piano, and saxophone, teach just about any instrument anyone is interested in (except brass and guitar) to people aged 6 to 96+, and arrange music of all styles for my odd assortment of performers here on Lopez Island.
I build websites for musicians, teachers, music stores, churches, and others, from extremely basic sites (such as this one) to much more complex database-driven sites and aggregators. Contact me if you need a website!
I also work in our family online audio software & hardware businesses, www.BlazeAudio.com and www.IndustrialAudioSoftware.com, doing shipping and administrative tasks such as customer support, refunds, product orders, website design, and advertising.
I Teach:
beginning through advanced: violin, viola, cello, recorder, and chamber music ensemble;
beginning and intermediate: Irish/Celtic fiddle, string bass, viola da gamba, piano, flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe, Celtic harp
Education
UC Berkeley 1968-70, 73-75, music major, no degree (had to leave when offered job with SF Ballet Orchestra)
Private study in London, England, with Szymon Goldberg, student of Carl Flesch 1970-73
Mills College 1988-91, BA in Child Development and Early Childhood Education
Teachers (Professional training)
Naoum Blinder (Yehudi Menuhin's teacher)
David Abel, William Pynchon (students of Mr. Blinder)
Szymon Goldberg (former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, student of Carl Flesch, director of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)
Colin Hampton, chamber music
Margaret Rowell, chamber music
Frans Brueggen, early music performance practice
Master Classes and workshops with:
Work Experience
Private music instructor (children and adults) since 1973
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, first violin section, 1975-78, 1980-85
San Francisco Opera Orchestra, first violin section, 1976-78, 1980-85
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, 1978-80
Freelance concertmaster and chamber musician, San Francisco Bay area, 1975-78, 1980-91, and Lopez Island since 1991
Faculty, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Preparatory Department (pre-college) 1989-91
Lopez Youth Orchestra (children ages 8-18) director, privately and through the Lopez Public School, since 1993
Music Director, Community Shakespeare Company, Lopez Island, 2002-2008
Camp Manager and music coach, Summer Sounds Music Camp, 2008
I have directed and played in many performances on Lopez Island, with pros and amateurs, children and adults, almost always arranging the music myself to fit our forces since moving there in 1991.