RICHLAND CONCERT ASSOCIATION
November
19, 2023 – Ben Whitcomb, Cello
October
15, 2023 – Midwest Choral Artists
November
19, 2023 – Ben Whitcomb, Cello
Benjamin
Whitcomb is a Professor of Cello and Music Theory at the University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he has received awards for his teaching, research,
and service. An active recitalist and chamber musician, he performs more than
thirty concerts a year around the country and overseas. He is a member of the Ancora String Quartet and the UW-Whitewater Piano Trio. Dr.
Whitcomb is a frequent guest clinician and performer at universities and
conferences throughout the country and abroad. His books, The Advancing String
Player’s Handbook series, Cello Fingerings, and Bass Fingerings have received
rave reviews from Strings magazine plus the journals of ASTA and AUSTA. He is a
contributing author to Sharpen Your String Technique and Teaching Music through
Performance in Orchestra. He has published numerous articles on cello and on
music theory, and has presented many papers at national and international
conferences as well. He is also a reviewer for the American String Teacher
journal, and has served on the Board of Directors of ASTA.
At
UW-Whitewater, Whitcomb initiated and continues to coordinate the
Theory/History Colloquium speaker series, the Musical Mosaics Faculty Concert
Series, the Chancellor’s Quartet program, and the Summer String Camp. He is a
graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and Oklahoma State University,
and he has studied with Phyllis Young, George Neikrug,
and Evan Tonsing.
https://www.benjaminwhitcomb.com/
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