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 Kathryn
Lockwood, Viola
Kathryn Lockwood has been hailed as a violist of exceptional talents
in reviews around the country. The Cleveland Plain Dealer proclaimed,
”...Lockwood played the vociferous viola cadenza with mahogany
beauty and vivid character.” 2005 marked the release of Kathryn’s
solo recital CD of Viola Music by Inessa Zaretsky, “Fireoptics”,
which Strad declared “Lockwood is absolutely inside the music's
idiom finding appropriate tonal shadings”. In addition to
touring and recording with the Lark Quartet, Kathryn Lockwood performs
with numerous other prestigious groups including Trio Solisti, Triple
Helix, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the Muir Quartet. She also
performs with her husband Yousif Sheronick in the Lockwood/Sheronick
Project, a viola and percussion duo that commissions and adapts
innovative and world influenced music. Kathryn moved from her homeland
of Australia to the United States in 1991 only to capture some of
the most sought-after awards in the country including the Naumburg
Chamber Music Award, Grand Prize at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition,
Concert Artists Guild Management Award, and awards at solo competitions
such as the Primrose Competition, Washington International Competition,
and the Pasadena Instrumental Competition. Before relocating to
New York in 2001 Kathryn held the position of violist of the Pacifica
Quartet since its inception. As an original member of Pacifica Quartet,
Kathryn was heard live on National Public Radio's "Performance
Today" and on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall,
Ravinia's Bennett Gordon Hall, Corcoran Gallery, St. Lawrence Center,
and University of Thessaloniki /Greece. Kathryn collaborated with
violist Michael Tree on an all Dvorak CD and composer Easley Blackwood
on recordings released by Cedille Records. Collaborations include
such artists as Cho-Liang Lin, Inessa Zaretsky, Branford Marsalis,
St. Lawrence Quartet, and the Bill T Jones Dance Company. Currently
on faculty at University of Massachusetts/Amherst and the Concordia
Conservatory in Bronxville NY, Kathryn was previously on the faculty
at Rutgers University in NJ, the Boston University Tanglewood InstituteNorthwestern
University, University of Chicago, Interlochen Academy, Music Institute
of Chicago, and National Music Camp in Australia. Kathryn earned
her Master's Degree with Donald McInnes at the University of Southern
California, and her Bachelor of Music Degree from the Queensland
Conservatorium of Music with Elizabeth Morgan. She performs on a
Belgian viola from 1690 by Gaspor Borbon.
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