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Mary Ellen Goree
Lecturer, Violin(210)458-4355
dgoree@aol.comMary Ellen Goree, Instructor of Violin, began playing the violin at age five in a Suzuki class. As a high school student, she studied with Helmut Braunlich, professor of violin at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. She received the BM in violin performance and BA in mathematics from Oberlin College in 1982, where she studied violin with Stephen Clapp, piano with Sanford Margolis, and chamber music with Marilyn McDonald, Stephen Clapp, and Denes Koromzay. While at Oberlin, she was awarded the Louis and Annette Kaufman Prize in violin, and was elected to Pi Kappa Lambda. She continued her education at Indiana University as a student of Paul Biss, receiving the M.M. with distinction in violin performance in 1984.
Following a six-month appointment as associate concertmaster of the Yamagata Symphony in Japan, Mary Ellen Goree accepted a position as co-concertmaster of the Shreveport Symphony in Louisiana and violinist in the symphony's Premier Quartet. In 1988, she joined the San Antonio Symphony as a member of the second violin section, moving to the assistant principal second chair in 1989 and receiving her current appointment as principal second violin in 1991. Ms. Goree is also the principal second violin of the Colorado Music Festival orchestra in Boulder, a position she has held since 1994. Her solo playing has been described as "delicate, inspired work" in the Shreveport Times, and as "highly polished, confident solo work" in the San Antonio Express-News.
Ms. Goree has been teaching private violin lessons since her own college days and has maintained an active studio in San Antonio since 1988.
The University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Music
One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, Texas 78249
210.458.4354
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