THANK YOU to everyone who made Madison Conservatory and Friends Chamber Music Workshop and Benefit Concert '24 possible.
Participants, parents, coaches, audience members, and donors alike all made this event special.
Here are some photos of our memories!
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FACULTY BIOS
HILLARY HEMPEL was born in Lyons, IL, a suburb of Chicago, and moved to Madison after becoming a member of Madison Symphony Orchestra and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra in 2017. Prior to joining MSO and WCO, Hillary was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Hillary began playing the violin at the age of four. Hillary is forever grateful to all of the private teachers she has studied with and all that they taught her, with Jane Khonke and Thomas Wermuth in grade school and high school, with Robert Lipsett at Colburn Conservatory of Music where she received her undergraduate degree, and with Almita Vamos at Northwestern University where she received her master’s degree.
She enjoys playing in both orchestras and playing chamber music. When Hillary is not playing the violin, she enjoys running, hiking, and spending time outdoors in any season. She loves spending time with friends and family. She also enjoys reading. Soli Deo Gloria!
MAJESTICA LOR studied cello performance at the University of Wisconsin – Madison Mead Witter School of Music under the mentorship of Uri Vardi. She has a passion for exploring, teaching, and performing, and enjoys an organic approach to cello playing. As a teacher, Majestica takes a hands-on and interactive approach with her students so they can develop a firm understanding of how it feels to play cello and gain confidence in their sound.
Majestica is always searching for beauty and depth in what she does and as a life-long learner some of her favorite phrases are “Inspire and Be Inspired” and “Everything Goes.”
Dr. AUBRIE JACOBSON earned a bachelor’s degree in piano performance from Viterbo University in 2019, a master’s degree in collaborative piano from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music in 2021, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at UW-Madison with a doctoral minor in arts administration from the Bolz Center at the Wisconsin School of Business. At UW-Madison, Aubrie studied collaborative piano with Professor Martha Fischer.
While at UW-Madison, Aubrie served as a collaborative piano teaching assistant, instructing undergraduate pianists and working with student instrumentalists and singers. She also worked within the university’s opera department on opera scenes programs and full-scale productions. Aubrie is currently a freelance collaborative pianist in the Madison area, a church musician at Glenwood Community Church, a piano instructor at Madison Conservatory, and Music Assistant for Madison Opera.