Judith Morse
Conductor,
Concert Orchestra Judith Morse was trained in the Russian tradition of string pedagogy, utilizing the Leopold Auer methods at the Manhattan School of Music and Columbia University under Raphael Bronstein and Dr. Samuel Applebaum. Ms. Morse also studied conducting with notable instructors such as Anton Coppola, George Manahan, Adrian Gnam, Julius Kalmar, and Yuji Yusawa. She learned the Ilya Musin technique of conducting from Leonid Korchmar at the Kirov Ballet and the Leningrad Conservatory, as well as from Oleg Proskurnya at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Additionally, Ms. Morse pursued further conducting studies in Vienna with Julius Kalmar and Yuji Yusawa, where she received a diploma. She was also one of ten conductors selected to study with Kurt Masur in New York. Ms. Morse's professional conducting experience includes roles as conductor and music director of the Edison Symphony and Symphony of the Stars. She has conducted performances featuring internationally renowned artists such as Los Romeros, Ann Jillian, The von Trapp Children, Jack Jones, Adele Anthony, Clay Aiken (during his holiday tour), opera tenor James Valenti, Broadway’s Andrea Burns, and pianist Wendy Fang Chen. Furthermore, Judith has conducted various professional orchestras including the Beloit Symphony in Wisconsin, Macon Symphony in Georgia, Georgia State College Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, and the Count Basie Orchestra. Her teaching experience spans private studios, Rutgers Community Arts, Westminster Conservatory, and the Amadeus Academy of Music, where she specialized in strings for K-12. As a teaching assistant to Samuel Applebaum, she shared his methods of string pedagogy at various universities across the United States. Her violin students have held positions as Concertmasters and members in the New Jersey Youth Symphony, New Jersey Region Orchestra, All State Orchestra, Bucks County Youth Orchestra, Central New Jersey Youth Orchestra, and the Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra. Many of her students have won first place in solo competitions, and her youth ensembles have received National Gold Awards and have been recognized as Grammy Signature finalists. Ms. Morse has performed at prestigious venues such as Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Kimmel Center, the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore, Tchaikovsky Hall in Russia, and Lincoln Center. She has also collaborated with the Irish Philharmonic, the American Ballet Orchestra, and toured with artists like Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra Jr., Mannheim Steamroller, Anne Murray, Ann Jillian, Dawn Langstroth, LeAnn Rimes, Clay Aiken, Bobby Vinton, Dionne Warwick, Anthony Kearns and the Irish Tenors, Patti LuPone, Marvin Hamlisch, Linda Eder, Il Divo, Ronan Tynan, k.d. Lang, and the American Ballet Orchestra. |