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Mary Margaret Neel
Violin
About
Striving to use music to inspire people in all walks of life, violinist Mary Margaret Neel has distinguished herself as an accomplished solo violinist, orchestral musician, and teacher.
Coming from a small town in North Georgia, Mary Margaret instantly fell in love with the violin at the age of nine and began her musical studies with Barbara Hood and Laura Minor. She was a member of the Southern Crescent Youth Orchestra, Chattanooga Youth Symphony Orchestra and became the Concertmaster of the Buckhead Youth Orchestra for its 2010-2011 season. She received scholarships to study at the Sewannee Summer Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival, and Cadek Conservatory of Music. Mary Margaret spent her final two years of high school commuting to Columbus, GA to study with Patricio Cobos and was a winner of the Buckhead Youth Orchestra’s concerto competition where she was featured as a soloist performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concert in E Minor.
Mary Margaret has performed in masterclasses for violinists Midori, Mark O’Connor, Sergiu Schwartz, Felix Olschofka, Xiaocheng (Echo) Jia, Renata Knific, Levon Ambartsumian, and Michael Heald. Mary Margaret received a B.M. in violin performance from Columbus State University’s Schwob School of Music where she studied with renowned violinists and pedagogues Sergiu Schwartz and Boris Abramov. She recently recieved a M.M. in violin performance at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music with Linda Wang.
An avid music educator, she was the head violin graduate teaching assistant at the Lamont School of Music and currently maintains a private studio in Denver, Colorado. Mary Margaret has had extensive training in the Suzuki Method is registered as a violin teacher with the Suzuki Association of the Americas.
Mary Margaret has enjoyed a varied career performing professionally as a member of the Lagrange Symphony Orchestra and the Hollywood Concert Orchestra where she participated in a concert tour across mainland China. She has presented several solo recitals and frequently performs concerts and private events. She currently performs with classical guitarist, Alejandro Olson as a memember of the York Street Duo.
Music
Unaccompanied
Bach: Solo Violin Sonata no. 1 in G minor
Solo Violin Partita no. 3 in E major
Solo Violin Paritia No. 2 (excluding Chaccone)
Bacewicz: Polish Caprice
Paganini: Caprices 9,13,14,16, 21
Kreisler: Recitativo and Scherzo
Ysaye: Solo Violin Sonata No.2
Sonatas
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 4
Brahms: Violin Sonata No.1
Dvorak: Violin Sonatina
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1
Mozart: Violin Sonatas in G major and E minor
Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2
Tartini: Devil's Trill Violin Sonata
Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3
Short/Show Pieces
Bartok: Romanian Dances
Milstein/Chopin: Nocturne in C# minor
Sarasate: Ziguenerwiesen
Sarasate: Romanza Andaluza
Paganini: Cantabile
Handel/Halvorsen: Passecalia
Ravel: Tzigane
Gershwin: Preludes
Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentimentale
Kreisler: Libeslied/Libesfreud
Kreisler: Praeludiem and Allegro
Kriesler: La Gitana
Kreisler: Shon Rosmarin
Kreisler: Mozart Rondo
Kreisler: De Falla Danse Espanol
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
Debussy: Claire de Lune
Debussy: Girl With The Flaxen Hair
Faure: Apres un Reve
Wieniawski: Scherzo Tarantelle
Wieniawski: Legende
Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango
Concerti
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor
Bach: Double Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1
Lalo: Symphonie Espanol
Barber: Violin Concerto
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2
Mozart: Violin Concertos 3, 4, 5
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor
Bruch: Violin Concerto
Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Videos
