Mary Rowell is an American violinist based in
New York City
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. In 1998 Rowell co-founded the string quartet
ETHEL. She retired from the group in 2011 but continues to be very active in the downtown New York music community, where she is known as an electric violin soloist. She is a frequent participant in the Tribeca New Music Festival.
Prior to ETHEL, Rowell was a member of the indie band
The Silos
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History
Prior to starting the Silos, Salas-Humara had been a member of The Vulgar Boatmen, and Bob Rupe was in Florida ban ...
and the Grammy Award-winning
Tango Project. Rowell's best known solo work is her performance of Maxwell’s Demon by
Richard Einhorn Richard Einhorn (born 1952) is an American composer of contemporary classical music.
Einhorn graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1975, and studied composition and electronic music with Jack Beeson, Vladimir ...
.
She is a graduate of the
Juilliard School
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.
References
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American classical violinists
American women composers
21st-century American composers
Living people
Juilliard School alumni
Musicians from New York City
Year of birth missing (living people)
Classical musicians from New York (state)
21st-century American women musicians
21st-century classical violinists
Ethel (string quartet) members
The Silos members
21st-century women composers
21st-century American violinists