Instrument: Jean Baptiste Vuillaume cello (c.1828)
Education:
- Doctor of Musical Arts degree, State University of New York
at Stony Brook, May 1983; studied with Bernard Greenhouse
- Master of Music degree, State University of New York at Stony
Brook, December 1979; studied with Bernard Greenhouse
- Bachelor of Music degree, Eastman School of Music, University
of Rochester, May 1978; studied with Robert Sylvester
- Attended the University of California at Davis from September
1973 to June 1975
Training in Performance:
- Lessons with Pierre Fournier, Geneva, Switzerland; June through
December, 1985
- Banff Centre of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada; master
classes with Starker, Orloff, Parisot, and Tsutsumi, 1981 and
1982
- Meadowmount School, Elizabethtown, New York; lessons with
Channing Robbins; 1978
- Principal cellist of the Eastman Phiharmonia Orchestra, David
Zinman, conductor; Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York,
1977
- Sarasota Music Festival, principal cellist of the Festival
Orchestra, master classes with Ron Leonard and Bernard Greenhouse;
Sarasota, Florida, 1977
- Blossom Festival School at Kent State University, with the
Cleveland Orchestra, lessons with Stephen Geber, 1976 and 1977
- Taos School of Music, New Mexico; chamber music coaching
with the New Hungarian String Quartet, 1975
- Colorado Philharmonic, repertory orchestra program; Evergreen,
Colorado, 1974
Employment:
- Professor of Music, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia;
1998 to present
- Associate Professor of Music, The University of Georgia,
Athens, Georgia; 1989 to 1998
- Assistant Professor of Music, The University of Georgia,
Athens, Georgia; 1983 to 1989
- Artist Management of Korea '97 Kyung Ju Summer Music Camp
& Festival faculty, Kyung-Ju, South Korea, 1997
- Carmel Bach Festival, Carmel, California; performed in chamber
groups and with the festival chamber orchestra, 1983, 1984, 1988,
1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996
- Master classes and lessons taught at Youth Music Monterey
summer camp, California
- Member of the Atlanta Virtuosi chamber music ensemble, Atlanta,
Georgia; 1988-1990
- Professor of Cello at the Winter Festival of Strings and
Piano, Santa Maria, Brazil; 1986, 1987, 1997, and 1998
- Orchestral freelancing with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
and others
Honors and Awards:
- Tchaikovsky International Violoncello Competition, semifinalist,
awarded Certificate of Merit, Moscow, USSR; June 1986
- Chicago Cello Society Competition, third prize, Chicago,
Illinois; April 1984
- Young Artists Showcase Competition winner, Association of
California Symphony Orchestras and California Arts Council, San
Jose, California; August 20, 1983
- Marin Symphony Scholarship Competition winner, California;
1981 and 1982
- Graduate Chamber Orchestra Competition winner, State University
of New York at Stony Brook; 1981
Publications:
Journal Articles:
- "Methods of Shifting." Highlights of American String
Teacher Cello Forum Articles, 1984-1994, (April 1996), pp. 21-25
- "The Locatelli Sonata: Comparing Piatti's Arrangement
with the Original." American String Teacher, 45:4 (Fall
1995), pp. 55-59. Reprinted in the National Capitol Cello Club
Newsletter, March, 1996
- "Extension and Contraction." American String Teacher,
44:2 (Spring 1994), pp. 46-48
- "Choice of Fingerings." American String Teacher,
40:3, (Summer 1990), pp. 66-70
- "Cello: Trills and Grace Notes - Practical Musicology."
Strings, IV:6 (May/June 1990), pp. 21-26
- "Methods of Shifting." American String Teacher,
38:1 (Winter 1988), pp. 67-70
- Starkweather, D. A., editor, "Pietro Locatelli, Sonata
in D Major, Op. 6 No. 6 for Violoncello & Continuo,"
harpsichord realization by Egbert Ennulat. Artaria Editions Limited,
Wellington, New Zealand, 1997
- Starkweather, D. A., editor, "Pietro Locatelli, Sonata
in D Minor, Op. 6 No. 12 for Violoncello & Continuo,"
harpsichord realization by Egbert Ennulat. Artaria Editions Limited,
Wellington, New Zealand, 1997
- Starkweather, D. A., and Rivkin, E., "Beethoven, Brahms
& Britten Sonatas for Cello and Piano," Oasis CD, Sperryville,
VA, 2002
- Starkweather, D. A., and Rivkin, E., "Shostakovich and
Rachmaninov Sonatas for Cello and Piano," Mark Records,
Clarence, New York, 1998
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, "The Romantic Music of Arnold
Schoenberg," Telarc CD-80372, 1994 (performed in the cello
section)
- Carmel Bach Festival, "Best of the Fest" compact
disc recording, 1996
Doctoral Documents:
- Starkweather, D. A. An Analysis of Elliott Carter's "Sonata
for Cello and Piano," January 1983
- Starkweather, D. A. Motivic Usage Within Bartók's
Third Quartet in Relation to the Other Bartók String Quartets,
September 1981
Professional Memberships:
- American Federation of Musicians
- American String Teachers Association; appointed to editorial
board 1998
- Chamber Music America
- College Music Society
- Georgia Cello Society, Inc.; secretary, 1988-90, 1995-99;
president 1991-1993
- Music Teachers National Association
- Pi Kappa Lambda
Recent Student Honors and Awards
International
- Tchaikovsky International Violoncello Competition, semifinalist,
Moscow, USSR, Victor Uzur, June 1998
- D'Angelo International Competition (Erie, Pennsylvania),
accepted to semi-finals via tape preliminary round, Victor Uzur,
February 1997
National
- American String Teachers' Association National Young Artist
Competition, Ann Arbor, Michigan: one of six national cello finalists,
Victor Uzur, March 1998
- Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist Competitions,
Dallas, Texas: one of seven national finalists, Victor Uzur,
March 1997
- Rhodes Scholarship: Robert Sutherland, 1996
State
- Georgia Cello Society Young Artist Competition, High School
Division: first place winner, Abigail McCutcheon, January 1999
- Georgia Cello Society Young Artist Competition, College Division:
second place winner, Jenn Thomas Adams, January 1999
- Georgia Cello Society Young Artist Competition, College Division:
first place winner, Allie Rice, January 1997
- Georgia Cello Society Young Artist Competition, College Division:
first place winner, Victor Uzur, December 1995
- Georgia Cello Society Young Artist Competition, College Division:
second place winner, Jenn Thomas Adams, December 1995
- Georgia Cello Society Young Artist Competition, High School
Division: first place winner, Bo Yum, December 1995
Campus
- University of Georgia Concerto Competition winner, Hannah
Holman, November 1999
- University of Georgia Concerto Competition winner, Victor
Uzur, December 1995
- University of Georgia Concerto Competition winner, James
Ellis, December 1992