Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music

Cello Recital & Masterclass with Ashley Sidon 28 February 2006, Tuesday, 7:00 PM Ensemble Room, Conservatory Building

Ashley Sandor Sidon is Cello Teacher/Chamber Music Coach and Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Music at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She also teaches strings at the Shanghai American School (China) and applied cello at Dulwich College in Shanghai. Between teaching and performing commitments in Shanghai, she is touring Southeast Asia to present recitals and master classes at provincial cultural centers, music schools and other concert venues. Previously Instructor of Cello and Director of Chamber Music at Earlham College in Indiana (USA), Dr. Sandor Sidon is cellist and manager of the Emery Trio and a former associate member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra. She holds the degree, Doctorate of Musical Arts in Violoncello, from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where her principal teacher was internationally acclaimed cellist Yehuda Hanani. Dr. Sandor Sidon will conduct a masterclass with Conservatory cello students after the recital.