Korynne Bolt, cello
Korynne Bolt began playing the cello at age five and has never looked back. She holds a Master's degree in Cello Performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Bachelor of Music from Boston University. A current tenured member of Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra, Korynne also performs as Associate Principal Cello in the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, section cello in the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, and substitute cello in the Omaha Symphony Orchestra. Last year, Korynne contributed to the South Dakota Symphony's groundbreaking recording of the Lakota Music Project, released in October 2022.
Korynne was fortunate to have early experiences in music through the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association mentorship program and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Her most influential teachers were Peter Howard, Marc Johnson, Carol Ou, Karen Buranskas, Greg Beaver of the Chiara Quartet, and her first teacher, Emilie Grondin of the Suzuki Music School in South Bend, Indiana. While in college, Korynne studied with members of the Ying and Shanghai quartets as a Festival Fellow at the Bowdoin International Music Festival. She has also studied and performed in Luxembourg at the Vianden International Music Festival. In January of 2020, Korynne completed the Global Leaders Program, a graduate certificate in social entrepreneurship that brought her to Chile to perform and teach at non-profit music programs.
Since 2010, Korynne has taught private lessons in a variety of settings, culminating in founding her own studio, Star City Strings, now home to three teachers and offering lessons on violin, viola, cello, and piano. Previously on the faculty at Southeast Community College and a chamber coach for the Omaha Area Youth Orchestras, Korynne has also taught through the Boston Youth Symphony's Intensive Community Program. Korynne is a member in good standing of the Nebraska String Teachers' Association and a trained Suzuki instructor. Korynne's students have successfully auditioned for Lincoln area youth orchestra programs, Nebraska All-State orchestra, and majored in music performance and/or music education at major universities.
Apart from her orchestra and studio commitments, Korynne occasionally freelances and has shared the stage with Ben Folds, 2Cellos, The Eagles, Michael Bublé, Amy Grant, and others. She regularly participates in the Dream Switch, a project by the Nebraska Community Foundation and the nonprofit organization Blixt, and she has contributed to a forthcoming solo album by Andrea von Kampen. When not performing or teaching, Korynne enjoys yoga, cycling, camping, and traveling with her husband, Seth.
Korynne was fortunate to have early experiences in music through the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association mentorship program and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Her most influential teachers were Peter Howard, Marc Johnson, Carol Ou, Karen Buranskas, Greg Beaver of the Chiara Quartet, and her first teacher, Emilie Grondin of the Suzuki Music School in South Bend, Indiana. While in college, Korynne studied with members of the Ying and Shanghai quartets as a Festival Fellow at the Bowdoin International Music Festival. She has also studied and performed in Luxembourg at the Vianden International Music Festival. In January of 2020, Korynne completed the Global Leaders Program, a graduate certificate in social entrepreneurship that brought her to Chile to perform and teach at non-profit music programs.
Since 2010, Korynne has taught private lessons in a variety of settings, culminating in founding her own studio, Star City Strings, now home to three teachers and offering lessons on violin, viola, cello, and piano. Previously on the faculty at Southeast Community College and a chamber coach for the Omaha Area Youth Orchestras, Korynne has also taught through the Boston Youth Symphony's Intensive Community Program. Korynne is a member in good standing of the Nebraska String Teachers' Association and a trained Suzuki instructor. Korynne's students have successfully auditioned for Lincoln area youth orchestra programs, Nebraska All-State orchestra, and majored in music performance and/or music education at major universities.
Apart from her orchestra and studio commitments, Korynne occasionally freelances and has shared the stage with Ben Folds, 2Cellos, The Eagles, Michael Bublé, Amy Grant, and others. She regularly participates in the Dream Switch, a project by the Nebraska Community Foundation and the nonprofit organization Blixt, and she has contributed to a forthcoming solo album by Andrea von Kampen. When not performing or teaching, Korynne enjoys yoga, cycling, camping, and traveling with her husband, Seth.
Lucy Collins, violin
Lucy Collins is a performer and teacher based in Lincoln, Nebraska. She recently completed her Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance at the Glenn Korff School of Music where she studied with Professor David Neely. Her past teachers include Kim Osborne Salistean and Hyeyung Yoon of the former Chiara String Quartet.
Lucy concertizes frequently with her rock band Vera Devorah, the Trace Chamber Society, and as a substitute for the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra. A champion of contemporary music, Lucy has collaborated with many composers and given over 50 world-premieres of pieces in the last decade. Lucy is also a member of the Atelier Piano Trio with cellist Sam Stanley and pianist Cameron Berta. The ensemble formed in 2018 at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln where they studied with Jonah Sirota of the former Chiara String Quartet and Dr. Karen Becker. In 2020, the ensemble launched a call for scores project that culminated in a recital showcasing five original works by composers from around the country.
Lucy has attended the Cortona Sessions for New Music, the Brevard Music Center Institute, the Wintergreen Summer Music Academy/Festival, and the Texas Strings Festival. She has collaborated with the Nebraska Chamber Players, the Sounding Light Chamber Choir, and has performed as a part of the Vesper Concerts Series.
Lucy has been teaching violin, viola, and chamber music for six years and currently has 45 private students.
Lucy concertizes frequently with her rock band Vera Devorah, the Trace Chamber Society, and as a substitute for the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra. A champion of contemporary music, Lucy has collaborated with many composers and given over 50 world-premieres of pieces in the last decade. Lucy is also a member of the Atelier Piano Trio with cellist Sam Stanley and pianist Cameron Berta. The ensemble formed in 2018 at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln where they studied with Jonah Sirota of the former Chiara String Quartet and Dr. Karen Becker. In 2020, the ensemble launched a call for scores project that culminated in a recital showcasing five original works by composers from around the country.
Lucy has attended the Cortona Sessions for New Music, the Brevard Music Center Institute, the Wintergreen Summer Music Academy/Festival, and the Texas Strings Festival. She has collaborated with the Nebraska Chamber Players, the Sounding Light Chamber Choir, and has performed as a part of the Vesper Concerts Series.
Lucy has been teaching violin, viola, and chamber music for six years and currently has 45 private students.
Jonathan Crosmer, viola and composer
Dr. Jonathan Crosmer: Composer, violist, stealth pianist, mad computer scientist, bridge Life Master, occasional technophobe and general rabble-rouser. Somehow he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Nebraska—Lincoln under Clark Potter.
Dr. Crosmer writes software for factories at QAD Redzone, but one time he helped start a chamber orchestra. Then the U.K. granted him a visa for “Exceptional Talent” and he lived in Oxford for a while with his wife, Kathleen.
He might be a loose cannon, but he knows how to bring the fun.
Dr. Crosmer writes software for factories at QAD Redzone, but one time he helped start a chamber orchestra. Then the U.K. granted him a visa for “Exceptional Talent” and he lived in Oxford for a while with his wife, Kathleen.
He might be a loose cannon, but he knows how to bring the fun.
Anne Madison, piano
Anne Madison is a lifelong pianist whose performances have taken her throughout Europe and been included on eight compact discs. After earning Bachelor and Master of Music degrees with distinction from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Baylor University, she continued her studies in Europe, receiving an Artist Diploma from the Vienna Conservatory in Austria, where she concertized regularly as a soloist and as a collaborator.
Since returning to the United States, Madison has performed on concert series in Birmingham, England; Vienna, Austria; and in the Midwest. She has appeared both as a piano soloist and a keyboardist with the Omaha Symphony and has performed and taught in connection with its educational outreach programs. In April of 2015, she played the world premiere of composer Jackson Berkey’s Piano Concerto-Easter 2015 with Orchestra Omaha, with whom she also performed Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto.
Madison is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music and an active clinician, speaker, editor, and adjudicator. She serves as Chair of the Piano Department at Omaha Conservatory of Music, where she has been a member of the artist faculty since 2001. In addition, she regularly teaches on the faculty of the Tyrolean International Piano Academy in Innsbruck, Austria, where students often accompany her for study, and she has taught at the University of Nebraska-Omaha as Visiting Faculty Artist of Piano. Her students have won top awards in state and international competitions, and several have pursued higher education in music.
Her principal instructors have included pianists Krassimira Jordan, Thomas Kreuzberger, Audun Ravnan, Shirley Irek, and Dr. Thomas Ediger, from whom she has drawn much inspiration.
Since returning to the United States, Madison has performed on concert series in Birmingham, England; Vienna, Austria; and in the Midwest. She has appeared both as a piano soloist and a keyboardist with the Omaha Symphony and has performed and taught in connection with its educational outreach programs. In April of 2015, she played the world premiere of composer Jackson Berkey’s Piano Concerto-Easter 2015 with Orchestra Omaha, with whom she also performed Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto.
Madison is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music and an active clinician, speaker, editor, and adjudicator. She serves as Chair of the Piano Department at Omaha Conservatory of Music, where she has been a member of the artist faculty since 2001. In addition, she regularly teaches on the faculty of the Tyrolean International Piano Academy in Innsbruck, Austria, where students often accompany her for study, and she has taught at the University of Nebraska-Omaha as Visiting Faculty Artist of Piano. Her students have won top awards in state and international competitions, and several have pursued higher education in music.
Her principal instructors have included pianists Krassimira Jordan, Thomas Kreuzberger, Audun Ravnan, Shirley Irek, and Dr. Thomas Ediger, from whom she has drawn much inspiration.
Clark Potter, viola
Clark Potter is Professor of Viola at the Glenn Korff School of Music at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, where he also serves on the conducting faculty. Mr. Potter recently retired after a quarter century as principal viola of the Lincoln Symphony but he remains active with his other various positions: he is the violist for several professional chamber music ensembles and he has conducted the Lincoln Youth Symphony since 2007, leading concerts in Rome, Prague, Budapest, Vienna, Leipzig, Dublin and Belfast. In the past few months he has presented recitals of the music of Brahms for viola, a program
of music by Latin American composers for viola and piano, and a performance of the solo viola part to Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. He was honored as the String Educator
of the Year in Nebraska by the American String Teachers Association. Research interests include his study of breathing in string players, his complete edition of the Bach cello suites for viola, and the concert works for viola of Ernest Gold. He received his graduate degrees from Indiana University and California Institute of the Arts and his bachelor's degree from Western Washington University.
Prior to his appointment at Nebraska, Mr. Potter taught nine years at Eastern Oregon University, where he was professor of strings and conductor of the Grande Ronde Symphony. Clark would rather be at home than anywhere else in the world, enjoying time with his family (wife, Jan, two children and their spouses, one grand). He loves running and racing on roads and trails.
of music by Latin American composers for viola and piano, and a performance of the solo viola part to Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. He was honored as the String Educator
of the Year in Nebraska by the American String Teachers Association. Research interests include his study of breathing in string players, his complete edition of the Bach cello suites for viola, and the concert works for viola of Ernest Gold. He received his graduate degrees from Indiana University and California Institute of the Arts and his bachelor's degree from Western Washington University.
Prior to his appointment at Nebraska, Mr. Potter taught nine years at Eastern Oregon University, where he was professor of strings and conductor of the Grande Ronde Symphony. Clark would rather be at home than anywhere else in the world, enjoying time with his family (wife, Jan, two children and their spouses, one grand). He loves running and racing on roads and trails.