Violinist Jo Nardolillo has performed as a concerto soloist, recitalist, concertmaster, chamber musician and orchestra member throughout the United States and in Europe. As a champion of music by living American composers, she has commissioned, recorded, and given the world premieres of new works. She has been heard around the country on radio and television broadcasts, and performed with many of the world's leading musicians. Dr. Nardolillo’s recent performances include concertos with the St. Petersburg State Symphony in Russia and the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra, live radio broadcast concerts, guest concertmaster appearances with American orchestras, recitals and masterclasses across the country, and recital tours of Ireland and Russia. She is a founding member of the Rothko Piano Trio.
As an orchestral musician, Dr. Nardolillo has served as Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Acting Principal Second Violin and Associate Concertmaster of the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra, Associate Concertmaster of the Maryland Symphony, Principal Second of the Boulder Philharmonic, visiting Concertmaster of the Bangor and Waterloo Symphonies, Assistant Principal Second of the Annapolis Symphony, and a member of the Alabama and Youngstown Symphonies. Dr. Nardolillo has also performed with the New World Symphony and served as Principal Second at the National Orchestral Institute.
Dr. Nardolillo was an award-winner in both the recital and concerto divisions of the Seattle Young Artist Competition and was selected as a featured soloist in Dr. Suzuki's 88th birthday celebration at Seattle's Meany Hall. She was Washington State's nominated representative to the National Honors Orchestra, and while still in high school, toured Spain and Germany as a member of the Munich Youth Orchestra.
Dr. Nardolillo earned the Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Master of Music degree from Rice University, and the Doctor of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music, where she was awarded the Certificate in Pedagogy from the Kauffman Institute for Leadership in Music and was Mikhail Kopelman’s teaching assistant. Dr. Nardolillo has taught at the Eastman School of Music, where she received the prestigious TA Award for excellence in teaching, as well as Rice University, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the University of Rochester, the Hochstein School of Music, the Levine School of Music, and the Gadsden Center for the Arts. She served as Assistant Professor of Music at Mercer University, where she was named 2007-2008 Outstanding Faculty of the Year. Dr. Nardolillo is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Puget Sound.
Dr. Nardolillo plays on a 1791 Johannes Cuypers violin and a 1991 John Newton viola.
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