Andrew Armstrong, Artistic DirectorFor college, graduate, and pre-college (grades 7-12) string and piano students – individually or in pre-formed groups. Camp

applications and detailed camp information available at:

www.GreenLakeFestival.org – Enrollment is limited. Early application is encouraged.

Andrew Armstrong, Artistic DirectorFor college, graduate, and pre-college (grades 7-12) string and

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July 1-14, 2018 • Ripon College, Ripon, WI

2018 FacultyAndrew Armstrong, Piano / Ani Aznavoorian, Cello / Salley Koo, Violin

Ayane Kozasa, Violin / Matthew Michelic, Viola / Karen Ouzounian, Cello Raman Ramakrishnan, Cello / Melissa Reardon, Viola

Livia Sohn, Violin / Karl Stobbe, Violin

The Green Lake Festival Chamber Music Camp in Central Wisconsin is an extraordinary opportunity for students to make music together with greater expression, sensitivity, openness, intent, command, humility, and more; they will learn by instruction, by example, by matching.

Director and Concert Pianist Andy Armstrong has been part of the Chamber Music Camp for over a decade and has gathered a faculty of international-performing chamber musician friends who continue the world-class musicianship, dynamic personalities, and true caring for each student of this outstanding program.

The chamber music program accepts pre-college and college-aged violin, viola, cello, and piano students. The faculty and staff emphasize a supportive, nurturing environment in which to learn chamber music skills that are also life skills: communication, listening, giving, flexibility, and taking musical risks.

Each student lives in a single dorm room and has chamber coachings, private lessons, and performance opportunities, including The Circle of Sound in a historic barn. Enhancing the instrumental experience, students will also have the opportunity to sing in a choir, learn about opera, study techniques for practicing and avoiding injury, enjoy the beautiful Ripon/Green Lake area, and have fun!

ELIGIBILITY: The camp is open to college, graduate, and pre-college (grades 7-12) string and piano students – individually or in pre-formed groups. Enrollment is limited, and early application is strongly encouraged.

CURRICULUM: Students receive daily chamber music coaching and a minimum of three private lessons with world-renowned faculty. Numerous solo and chamber music masterclasses are offered by faculty and guest artists. Student performances include solo and

chamber music concerts and the “Circle of Sound” string chamber orchestra made up of students and faculty.

CONCERTS: Participants receive free tickets to all Green Lake Festival of Music (GLFM) concerts by faculty and guest artists. They are featured performers in the Student Chamber Music Celebration Concerts at the end of each week and in the Circle of Sound String Chamber Orchestra with the faculty. Venues include Green Lake’s historic Thrasher Opera House, Demmer Recital Hall at Ripon College, and the Green Lake Conference Center.

RECREATION & FUN: The new Willmore Center at Ripon College features a pool, three fitness studios, a weight room and a cardio balcony. Ripon, WI is a friendly community energized by community celebrations, eclectic shops, tasty cuisine, historic character and natural beauty.

HOUSING & MEALS: All students stay in shared rooms with hall bathrooms. All meals are provided.

FEES, APPLICATION FORMS, & SCHOLARSHIP INFO:

Application Fee: $75 ($100 after April 16)

Tuition: $1,100 | Room & Board: $1,100

Tuition scholarships are available for qualified students based on artistic ability and financial need. For the on-line camp application & scholarship information, visit www.GreenLakeFestival.org.

DISCOUNTS & DEADLINES: Earlybird Special: $225 discount if application is received by April 16 and fees paid in full within 30 days of acceptance. 10% discount for qualified pre-formed ensembles. Applications received after April 16 will be reviewed in the order received until all positions are filled.

Visit www.GreenLakeFestival.org for the on-line application form.

Praised by critics for his passionate expression and dazzling technique, pianist Andrew Armstrong has delighted audiences across Asia, Europe, Latin America, Canada, and the United States, including performances at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and Warsaw’s National Philharmonic.

Andrew’s orchestral engagements across the globe have seen him perform a sprawling repertoire of more than 50 concertos with orchestra. He has performed with such conductors as Peter Oundjian, Itzhak Perlman, Günther Herbig, Stefan Sanderling, Jean¬Marie Zeitouni, and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and has appeared in solo recitals in chamber music concerts with the Elias, Alexander, American, and Manhattan String Quartets, and also as a member of the Caramoor Virtuosi, Boston Chamber Music Society, Seattle Chamber Music Society, and the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players.

He has released several award-winning recordings with his longtime recital partner James Ehnes, including 3 volumes of the music of Béla Bartók, Prokofiev’s Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 and Five Melodies, Tartini’s Devil’s Trill and Leclair’s Tambourin Sonata, a recital disc of works by Franck and Strauss, as well as an upcoming release featuring pieces by Debussy, Elgar, and Respighi (Onyx Classics).

Andrew is devoted to outreach programs and playing for children. In addition to his many concerts, his performances are heard regularly on National Public Radio and WQXR, New York City’s premier classical music station.

Mr. Armstrong lives happily in Massachusetts, with his wife Esty, their two children, two dogs, two guinea pigs, and two fish.

The Strad magazine describes cellist Ani Aznavoorian as having “Scorchingly committed performances that wring every last drop of emotion out of the music. Her technique is well-nigh immaculate, she has a natural sense of theater, and her tone is astonishingly responsive.”

Ms. Aznavoorian has appeared as soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Helsinki Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, the International Sejong Soloists, and the Juilliard Orchestra. She has also appeared as recitalist and chamber musician in over 20 countries spanning 5 continents.

Ms. Aznavoorian is an avid chamber musician and teacher. She is the principal cellist of Camerata Pacifica, one of the premier chamber music organizations in Southern California and she appears regularly at chamber music festivals around the globe. She has also served on the distinguished music faculty at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana, and has spent summers as faculty of the Great Mountains Music Festival and School in South Korea.

Her numerous accolades include being the recipient of the prestigious Bunkamura Orchard Hall Award for her outstanding cello playing and artistry, being named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and being a top prize winner of the International Paulo Cello Competition. She is a proponent of new music and she has premiered concertos by Lera Auerbach and Ezra Laderman and continues to expand the chamber music repertoire with commissions from David Bruce, Bright Sheng, and John Harbison. This season highlights include debut appearances at music festivals in Canada, Northern Ireland, and England, and a special benefit concert in Armenia, the country of her ancestors. Ms. Aznavoorian records for Cedille Records and she proudly performs on a cello made by her father Peter Aznavoorian in Chicago.

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Described as “radiant” and “expressive” (The New York Times) and “nothing less than gorgeous” (Memphis Commercial Appeal),cellist Karen Ouzounian approaches music-making with a deeply communicative and passionate spirit. Winner of the S&R Foundation’s 2016 Washington Award and at home in diverse musical settings, she has become increasingly drawn towards unusual collaborations and eclectic contemporary repertoire.

Karen is a founding member of the Aizuri Quartet, which was awarded First Prize at the 2017 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan and is the String Quartet-in-Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for its 2017-18 season. The Quartet was a prizewinner in the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in London and has held residencies at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Curtis Institute of Music, and the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. The Quartet has commissioned works by such composers as Caroline Shaw, Yevgeniy Sharlat, Paul Wiancko and Gabriella Smith, and will be featured in the 2017 premiere of the 65-minute chamber opera “Sophia’s Forest” by composer Lembit Beecher, along with soprano Kiera Duffy and custom-built, electronically-controlled sound sculptures.

In addition to her work with the Aizuri Quartet, Karen’s commitment to adventurous repertoire and the collaborative process has led to her membership in the Grammy-nominated, self-conducted chamber orchestra A Far Cry and the critically-acclaimed new music collective counter induction, along with regular appearances with the Silk Road Ensemble and The Knights. Highlights of Karen’s recent and upcoming seasons include performances of the Elgar Concerto in Chile with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Santiago, a touring collaboration between the Silk Road Ensemble and the Mark Morris Dance Group, recitals at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts with pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute, a tour of Japan with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and tours with Musicians from Marlboro and Musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute. Additionally, she has performed as guest principal of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, IRIS Orchestra, and Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.

Born to Armenian parents in Toronto, Karen was a prizewinner at the 2012 Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank Competition. She holds Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, where she was a student of Timothy Eddy.

Hailed for her “magnetic, wide-ranging tone” and her “rock solid technique” (Philadelphia Inquirer), violist Ayane Kozasa enjoys a career that spans a broad spectrum of musical personas. A violinist turned violist, she was inspired to dedicate herself to the alto clef when she discovered the beauty of playing the viola part in string quartets during her undergraduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her commitment to pursue a life in viola led to a graduate degree from the Curtis Institute of Music as well as a Further Masters Degree from the esteemed Kronberg Academy Masters School in Germany.

Ayane’s solo career took off when she won the 2011 Primrose International Viola Competition, where she also captured awards for best chamber music and commissioned work performances. Following the competition, she joined the Astral Artists roster, and became a grant recipient from the S&R Foundation, an organization recognizing and supporting young, aspiring artists of all mediums.

Chamber music has also been a vital part of Ayane’s musical career, and her interests have led her to appearances at numerous festivals including the Marlboro Music Festival, the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, and the Ravinia Festival. She is a founding member of the Aizuri Quartet, the 2014-16 Quartet-in-Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music, and first prize winner of the 2017 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. Her passion for chamber music has also blossomed in the form of the viola/cello duo “Ayane & Paul”, and eclectic string trio “Bird’s Eye Trio”, both My known for their creative programming and intimate connections with their audience.

Ayane is deeply grateful for the mentorship she received from her past teachers, Nobuko Imai, Kirsten Docter, Roberto Diaz, Misha Amory, and Michael Tree.

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Ayane Kozasa

Karl Stobbe is recognized as one of Canada’s most accomplished violinists, known for his dedication to excellence on the violin and classical music in all its forms. As a concertmaster, soloist, and chamber musician, Karl has been an audience favorite in small settings and large venues. His diverse career has included performances of all six Ysaÿe Sonatas for Solo Violin, all 16 Beethoven String Quartets, and all ten Mahler Symphonies. He is as comfortable directing an orchestra without conductor, as he is giving an unaccompanied recital. Noted for his generous, rich sound, and long, poignant phrasing, he is described by the San Francisco Classical Voice as “an artist with soulful musicianship,” and by London’s Sunday Times as “a master soloist, recalling the golden age of violin playing… producing a breathtaking range of tone colours.”

Karl has performed in many of North America’s most famous concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, Jordan Hall, the National Arts Centre, Roy Thompson Hall, Segerstrom Hall, and the Orpheum Theatre. As a chamber musician, soloist, and orchestra director, he has shared the stage with many of the most important and eclectic violinists of our day, from James Ehnes to Mark O’Connor. Avie Records’ recording of Karl performing Ysaÿe’s Solo Violin Sonatas received worldwide attention, including Gramophone magazine, which hailed it as “full of spirit and energy… exciting, fearless…” It was nominated for a 2015 JUNO Award for best Classical Album: Solo or Chamber Ensemble, and was the winner of the 2015 Western Canadian Music Award for Classical Album of the Year. Also winning a Western Canadian Music Award that year was Jocelyn Morlock, whose CD “Cobalt” featured a live recording of Karl, joined by Jonathan Crow and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Karl frequently performs and records new music, and has been involved in numerous commissions and world premieres.

A lover of all things violin, Karl completed a minor in Violin Repair and Construction while completing his Master’s of Music at Indiana University. His passion for the construction and mechanics of the violin is an important part of his professional musical life, and continues to influence his performances and teaching. Karl never misses an opportunity to see and play exceptional violins and bows. He has given multiple presentations on the history of the violin family, violin building and repair, and organized showings and lecture recitals on rare, fine instruments at various concert halls, art galleries, universities, and conservatories.

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Karl Stobbe Violist Matthew Michelic enjoys a vibrant career as an artist-teacher of the viola, and the Denver Post has praised his “extraordinarily rich viola sound”. Mr. Michelic has performed throughout North America, Europe and in Asia, collaborating with artists such as Robert McDonald, Jeffery Solow, the Fine Arts Quartet, and the Capela Quartet of Portugal. A featured performer for meetings of the International Viola Society, the International Double Reed Society and the American Choral Directors Association, Mr. Michelic was a guest recitalist for the New York Viola Society and has given a performance for Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Recently he presented research at the national conference of the American String Teachers Association, and his discussions of string pedagogy have been published in the Journal of the American Viola Society and in Strings magazine. Increasingly active as a conductor, Mr. Michelic led the premiere of Nic Bizub’s Take Ten, written for Lawrence’s Own Viola Ensemble, and in 2017 he conducted the premiere of acclaimed Dutch composer Chiel Meijering’s Perpetuate Transmigrations at the annual convention of the International Double Reed Society.

As a teaching artist, Mr. Michelic has served on the faculty of numerous music festivals in the United States and Canada and has presented master classes at major schools of music including the Oberlin College Conservatory, the Peabody School of Music and the national conservatories of China and Vietnam. Currently Mr. Michelic serves on the faculty of the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, and collaborates regularly within that community of extraordinary teaching artists. He teaches viola and orchestral literature, offers ensemble coaching and has implemented a course focused on the history of the string quartet. Former students of Mr. Michelic now teach in public school, community school and university settings and perform in professional chamber and orchestral ensembles on several continents.

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Hailed by Opus Magazine as “a stunning musician”, violinist LIVIA SOHN performs widely on the international stage as concerto soloist, recitalist, and festival guest artist in North America, Europe, and Asia. The Strad Magazine says, “Livia Sohn possesses a remarkably lithe and transparent tone of exceptional purity. [Her] virtually blemishless accounts are nothing short of remarkable. Even when under the most fearsome technical pressure at high velocity, every note rings true with pinpoint accuracy.”

Following an active summer that started with a return appearance at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC, Livia went on to perform at The Newport Music Festival in Rhode Island, Bay Chamber Concerts in Rockport, Maine, and the Orlando International Music Festival in The Netherlands. Highlights of Livia’s 2017-18 season includes performances of the Brahms Concerto for Violin and Cello with cellist Joshua Roman, and recital appearances for Chamber Music San Francisco with tenor Michael Schade, as well as performances in Washington DC, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City.

This past season saw Livia performing with orchestras from Mexico, Korea, Iowa, and California, as well as chamber music and recitals in Rome, Venice, San Francisco, New York, and Massachusetts, playing repertoire ranging from Telemann to Sean Shepherd. In 2016, a recording of opera transcriptions for violin and piano entitled “Opera Fantasies, Volume 2”, was released on the Naxos label, featuring Livia and pianist Benjamin Loeb, which included world premieres by composers Daron Hagen and Jonathan Berger.

Livia has been a guest soloist in North America with the symphony orchestras of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Seattle, Milwaukee, Edmonton, Rochester, Austin, Phoenix, New York Chamber Symphony, Boston Pops, and Brooklyn Philharmonic San Antonio, Oregon, Dayton, Winston-Salem, Hartford, Cheyenne, Quad Cities, Green Bay, Boca Raton, Louisville, I Musici de Montreal, and Aspen Festival Orchestra, among others. She has performed with many eminent conductors, including Yehudi Menuhin, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, James DePreist, Gerard Schwarz, Sidney Harth, Myung-Whun Chung, William Eddins, Grant Llewellyn, Lukas Foss, Jane Glover, Junichi Hirokami, Murry Sidlin, and Jorge Mester.

Internationally, she has performed as soloist with the Budapest Philharmonic, Berlin Symphony, Cologne Philharmonic, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Mexico City Philharmonic and Boca del Rio

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Philharmonic in Mexico, Hungarian Radio Philharmonic, Orchestra del Teatro Marrucino di Chieti in Italy, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Limburgs Sinfonie Orkest in Holland, The City of London Sinfonia, Asia Philharmonic Orchestra, Korea’s Seoul and Pusan Philharmonics, and the Wuhan Philharmonic in China. She performed a multi-city tour with South Africa’s National Symphony and KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestras and has performed solo recitals in Spain, Mexico, Cyprus, Israel, and Japan.

An avid chamber musician, Livia has been a guest artist at festivals such as the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland, Cartagena International Music Festival in Colombia, Spoleto Festival USA, Aspen Music Festival, Caramoor International Music Festival, Edmonton Chamber Music Society, Newport Music Festival, Bay Chamber Concerts, Maverick Concerts, Brevard Festival, Chamber Music Society of Sonoma, Sewanee Summer Music Festival, Prince Albert Music Festival in Hawaii, Festival of the Sound and Pender Harbour Music Festival in Canada, and Festival de San Miguel de Allende in Mexico.

In recital, Livia has appeared at New York City’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, Washington D.C.’s National Gallery of Art, Stanford University’s Lively Arts series, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Jordan Hall in Boston, Dame Myra Hess series in Chicago, Gwinnett Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, Xavier University in Cincinnati, University of Connecticut, Peace Center for the Performing Arts in South Carolina, and the Broad Stage in Los Angeles.

Born from her love of chamber music, Livia is part of the piano trio Latitude 41, which was formed in 2009 with pianist Bernadene Blaha and cellist Luigi Piovano. Their debut CD of Schubert’s monumental Trio in E flat major, and Schubert’s “Notturno”, was released in 2011 on the label Eloquentia to rave reviews. Their recording of the piano trios by Camille Saint-Saëns was released in March 2015 to similar acclaim. Among other places, they have performed in Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, and San Francisco. Highlights from this season will see them perform in Port Townsend, Washington, and Rome, Italy. This past May, they trio had the honor of performing in Carnegie’s Zankel Hall in its Annual Notable Occasion concert.

National Public Radio’s “Performance Today” hosted Livia as an Artist-in-Residence for five days, during which she gave live interviews and performances of a different program each day. Other career highlights include performing at the inaugural concerts of Harris Hall at Aspen, and her performance with Lukas Foss and the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra at the “11th Annual New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace”, held at New York City’s Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine before an audience of 10,000.

In addition to the CDs she has recorded with Latitude 41, last year the Eloquentia label released a disc of Livia playing the concertos of Benjamin Britten and living composer Jonathan Berger. Gramaphone Magazine says of this recording, “Sohn’s playing…is shot through with angst and urgency…”, and The Strad Magazine says, “Violinist Livia Sohn gives a committed account of the solo part, and she demonstrates an ease in getting through the notes, even where Britten sets his formidable double-stopping challenges.” Livia can be heard on the Naxos label in the CDs “Opera Fantasies”, which features opera arrangements for violin and piano (and includes three world premiere transcriptions), and “Miracles and Mud”, featuring works by Jonathan Berger. She can also be heard on iTunes performing the Dvorak and Khachaturian Concertos in a live recording with the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra.

Livia gave her first public performance at age eight. In 1989, at the age of 13, she won First Prize in the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, where she was also awarded the Audience Prize. She attended the Juilliard Pre-College Division from the age of seven, at which time she began her studies with Dorothy DeLay and Hyo Kang. She continued under their tutelage at the Juilliard School, where she also studied chamber music with the legendary Felix Galamir. Livia plays on a J. B. Guadagnini violin crafted in 1770, and a Samuel Zygmuntowicz made in 2006. She has been on faculty at the Music Department of Stanford University since 2005, and makes her home in the Bay Area.

Cellist Raman Ramakrishnan is a member of the Horszowski Trio with violinist Jesse Mills and pianist Rieko Aizawa. The trio has performed across the United States, India, Japan, and in Hong Kong, and records for Bridge Records. For eleven seasons, as a founding member of the Daedalus Quartet, he performed around the world. Mr. Ramakrishnan is an artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society, and is on the faculties of Columbia University and the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

Mr. Ramakrishnan has given solo recitals in New York, Boston, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., and has performed chamber music at Caramoor, at Bargemusic, with the Chicago Chamber Musicians, and at the Aspen, Bard, Charlottesville, Four Seasons, Kingston, Lincolnshire (UK), Marlboro, Mehli Mehta (India), Oklahoma Mozart, and Vail Music Festivals. He has toured with Musicians from Marlboro and has performed, as guest principal cellist, with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. As a guest member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, he has performed in New Delhi and Agra, India and in Cairo, Egypt.

Mr. Ramakrishnan was born in Athens, Ohio and grew up in East Patchogue, New York. His father is a molecular biologist and his mother is the children’s book author and illustrator Vera Rosenberry. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in physics from Harvard University and a Master’s degree in music from The Juilliard School. His principal teachers have been Fred Sherry, Andrés Díaz, and André Emelianoff. He lives in New York City with his wife, the violist Melissa Reardon, and their young son. He plays a Neapolitan cello made by Vincenzo Jorio in 1837.

Melissa Reardon is the violist in the Grammy-nominated Enso String Quartet. Lauded by Classical Voice for her “elegant” and “virtuosic” performances, the Massachusetts-born musician won first prize at the Washington International Competition, and is the only violist to win top prizes in consecutive HAMS International viola competitions, as well the Tourjee Award in 2002. Solo engagements have included performances at the Stevens Center, Kennedy Center, Symphony Hall, and Jordan Hall. She has performed as a soloist with Camerata Notturna and the Boston Symphony. In 2006, she was chosen as one of four violists internationally to participate in “Chamber Music Connects the World,” in Kronberg, Germany, alongside Gidon Kremer and Yuri Bashmet.

Melissa is also a founding member of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), and is a sought-after collaborative musician. She has performed with the Miami, Miro, Daedalus, and Borromeo Quartets, and with members of the Guarneri, Mendelssohn, Brentano, St. Lawrence, and Shanghai Quartets, and the Beaux Arts Trio. Melissa has appeared in numerous festivals across the United States, Europe, India, and Korea. She has toured with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, and with Musicians from Marlboro.

Melissa holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory. Her principal teachers include Kim Kashkashian, Michael Tree, Joseph dePasquale, Karen Tuttle, Samuel Rhodes, and Hsin-Yun Huang, in addition to early chamber music studies with Eugene Lehner. Melissa held the position of Associate Professor of Viola at East Carolina University From 2006-2013. She is married to the cellist Raman Ramakrishnan.

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Salley Koo began her violin studies at the age of 5. She has been lucky enough to study with many famous people at many famous schools. Ms. Koo performs all over the world with very cool people of varying degrees of fame and tries to get along famously with her colleagues and her own students. She now lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with her husband and their very cute dogs.

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