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  • SEATTLE, WASH. (April 16, 2015)- Ordinarily, it takes many years for a Theatre Major to earn the opportunity to write, compose or star in a high-profile musical production. However, one Lute is dramatically defying that expectation. Justin Huertas graduated almost six years ago, in 2009,…

    Boy.  Lizard Boy opened Wednesday, April 1, in what Huertas characterized as a full-circle moment. Huertas wrote the show after being encouraged by the Seattle Rep’s late Artistic Director Jerry Manning in January 2012 to keep a journal and start writing a play in which he would play the cello on stage. Another champion of Lizard Boy was the Seattle Rep’s late Director of Education Andrea Allen. She, along with Manning, edited Huertas’ diary entries and helped him craft them into what became

  • Mara Finkelstein Lecturer - Cello Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: finkelm@plu.edu Biography Biography Mara Finkelstein studied cello at the Gnessin College of Music and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow before coming to the U.S. in 1989. Ms. Finkelstein was Principal Cellist of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and the only woman in the all men orchestra. She toured in Europe as a member of the New European Strings, and recently played with that group in a series of virtual recordings during the

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  • Mara Finkelstein Lecturer - Cello Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: finkelm@plu.edu Biography Biography Mara Finkelstein studied cello at the Gnessin College of Music and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow before coming to the U.S. in 1989. Ms. Finkelstein was Principal Cellist of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and the only woman in the all men orchestra. She toured in Europe as a member of the New European Strings, and recently played with that group in a series of virtual recordings during the

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  • Mara Finkelstein Lecturer - Cello Full Profile 253-535-7602 finkelm@plu.edu

  • Mara Finkelstein Lecturer - Cello Full Profile 253-535-7602 finkelm@plu.edu

  • Rowena Hammill Lecturer - Cello Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: hammilrj@plu.edu Professional Biography Education M. Mus., Indiana University B. Mus., Northern Illinois University Biography Rowena Hammill has been an active performer and teacher throughout her long career. As a cellist she has performed as soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra, served as Associate Principal Cello for both the Los Angeles Chamber and Opera Orchestras, and played chamber music all over the United States from the

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  • Rowena Hammill Lecturer - Cello Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: hammilrj@plu.edu Professional Biography Education M. Mus., Indiana University B. Mus., Northern Illinois University Biography Rowena Hammill has been an active performer and teacher throughout her long career. As a cellist she has performed as soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra, served as Associate Principal Cello for both the Los Angeles Chamber and Opera Orchestras, and played chamber music all over the United States from the

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  • David L. Hoffman Professor Emeritus Professional Additional Titles/Roles Term of Service: 1975-2011 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Strings Cello

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  • David L. Hoffman Professor Emeritus Professional Additional Titles/Roles Term of Service: 1975-2011 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Strings Cello

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  • in Anthropology and BA in Global Studies “I spent part of this summer as a Youth Worker at an inner city community centre in Regina, SK (hometown). Then I drove 30 hours from Vancouver, BC to Whitehorse, Yukon, bringing 21 cellos to a music camp that had never before been able to have cello lessons for lack of instruments. I taught some beginner music classes at the camp (not cello– I was just helping the cello instructor transport them from Vancouver!). Now I have moved to Vancouver, BC, where I