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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
He has also been a regular performer with Da Camera, a Houston-based chamber music ensemble directed by Sarah Rothenberg. He has had the pleasure of collaborating with such artists as Paula Robison, Ransom Wilson, Christiaan Bor, Nathaniel Rosen, Arturo Delmoni, Nina Beilina, Fredell Lack, William Sharp, Nancy Weems, Eugenia Zukerman, Leon Speirer, Laszlo Varga, Andrzej Grabiec, Mitchell Stern, Katherine Ciesinski, Paul Neubauer and Reiko Watanabe. Mr. Hester's discography includes twentieth century works of Robert Beaser, Arnold Rosner, Michael Horvit, Roy Harris, Samuel Barber and Bohuslav Martinu. In addition, Mr. Hester studied extensively with ALBERT HIRSH and maintains a busy accompanying schedule, also having played master classes for Jean-Pierre Rampal, Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, Carol Wincenc, Richard Stoltzman, Renato Capecchi, Vladimir Spivakov and many others. Mr. Hester is also currently the Chief Artistic Consultant for Rehearsalnet.com, an internet site which provides the University of Houston a subscription of down-loadable midi files accompaniments and scheduling data which facilitates coordination of accompanying assignments throughout the applied area.
Native Texan TIMOTHY HESTER is Assistant Professor of Piano and Director of Keyboard Collaborative Arts at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston where he also enjoys instructing students in the skills of sight reading and collaborative techniques. He earned a Master's degree in Piano Performance from The Juilliard School as a student of the renowned pedagogue ADELE MARCUS. He has performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras such as the Houston Symphony, Galveston Symphony, Wichita Symphony, Woodlands Symphony, Pueblo Symphony and the Colorado Philharmonic under such conductors as Niklaus Wyss, Erich Bergel, Michael Palmer, Richard Pickar, Sidney Harth and Antonia Brico. He works with many vocalists in the Houston area and has taught Opera Studies at Rice University. Mr. Hester has performed at the Ojai Festival in California, Colorado MusicFest, the Park City International Chamber Music Festival in Utah, the Texas Music Festival, the Bargemusic Series in New York and the OK Mozart Festival in Oklahoma.