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Katherine Murdock, viola

Violist Katherine Murdock has become widely recognized as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. She  has performed throughout the world with such groups as the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Boston Chamber Music Society, and the Brandenburg Ensemble. For six years, Ms. Murdock was a member of the Mendelssohn String Quartet, with which she toured internationally as well as held positions at Harvard University and the University of Delaware. A past participant in the Marlboro Festival, she has  toured the nation with Music from Marlboro, and performed on their fortieth anniversary concerts in Philadelphia and New York. Ms. Murdock has performed as soloist on West German Radio and the BBC; she has appeared on the 'Great Performers at Lincoln Center' chamber series, live on NPR's "Performance Today", "St. Paul Sunday",  and  the NBC "Today Show".

Ms. Murdock has been a participant in numerous festivals, including the Edinburgh, Salzburg, and Gulbenkian Festivals, the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, and in the U.S. at Aspen, Tanglewood, Mostly Mozart, Ravinia, La Musica of Sarasota, and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. She has served on the faculties of the Boston Conservatory, Wellesley College, and the Hartt School of Music. She is currently on the faculty of SUNY Stony Brook and the University of Maryland; during the summers she is on the artist-faculty of  the Yellow Barn and Kneisel Hall festivals. She is also a member of the Left Bank Quartet of Washington D.C. Ms Murdock has recorded for Albany Records, Music Masters Classics, Northeastern Records, Laurel Records, and Deutsche Grammophone.

Ms. Murdock joined the Los Angeles Piano Quartet in 1995.

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