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Department of Music
Kurt Fowler
 Kurt Fowler has performed throughout the United States, as well as in Europe, as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. He has performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and the Syracuse Symphony, has served as principal cellist of the Bear Valley Music Festival, the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, and the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra, and has performed at numerous summer festivals including the Aspen Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, and the Heidelberg Castle Festival in Heidelberg, Germany. Recent engagements have included performances of the Dvorak Cello Concerto with the Tambov Symphony Orchestra in Tambov, Russia, Bach’s Suite No. 4 at the Bear Valley Music Festival in California, and Libby Larsen’s “Bid Call” at the Composer’s Concordance at New York University in New York City.
An advocate of contemporary classical music, Dr. Fowler is the cellist for the Chicago 21st Century Music Ensemble and is particularly active in commissioning new works. In collaboration with saxophonist Paul Bro, he has been the recipient of three Indiana State University Arts Endowment Grants resulting in three new works for cello and alto saxophone: "Bid Call" by Libby Larsen, "Walking on Water" by Dorothy Chang, and a new work scheduled for January 2006 by Chinese composer Zhou Long. Also an advocate of early music, he is a member of the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra and has performed with numerous early music chamber ensembles.
Dr. Fowler received his Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music and his Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. His teachers have included Steven Doane, Pamela Frame, and Alan Harris and he has coached extensively with members of the Cleveland, Cavani, and Lydian String Quartets. He is currently Associate Professor of Music at Indiana State University and principal cellist of the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra.
D.M.A. & M.M. Eastman School of Music, B.M.
Cleveland Institute of Music.
Office: CA 211
Phone: (812) 237-2743
E-Mail: kurtfowler@indstate.edu
Web: isu.indstate.edu/kfowler
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