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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 David Jolley has been acclaimed as one of his generation’s premier horn players. The New York Times described him as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician of “remarkable virtuosity,” and Gramophone Magazine has hailed him as “a soloist second to none.” A frequent soloist with orchestra, Mr. Jolley premiered Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Concerto for Horn and String Orchestra with the Rochester Philharmonic and performed it in Carnegie Hall with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Highlights of David Jolley’s 2003–2004 season include performances with the Florence Symphony Orchestra; at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; and as a member of the Fleisher-Jolley-Tree-O. His 2002–2003 season included performances of Strauss’ Horn Concerto No. 1 with the Florida Philharmonic and Waterbury Symphony Orchestra. Other recent orchestral engagements include the Detroit Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Memphis Symphony, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, London-Ontario Symphony of Canada, Israel Sinfonietta and Kamerata Chamber Orchestra of Athens. His recital appearances throughout the United States include performances at New York’s 92nd Street Y and Alice Tully Hall. He is a frequent guest artist with the Musicians from Marlboro, Guarneri String Quartet, Beaux-Arts Trio, Kalichstein-Larado-Robinson Trio and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Other collaborations include performances with Andre Watts at the >Metropolitan Museum of Art in Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds and with Murray Perahia at the 92nd Street Y in the Beethoven Piano and Winds Quintet. Mr. Jolley is a member of Windscape, the Areopagitica Brass Trio (with Chris Gekker, trumpet, and David Taylor, trombone), and performs as a member of the Fleisher-Jolley-Tree-O with Leon Fleisher and Michael Tree. He has performed at summer festivals such as Dartington Hall in England, Kuhmo and Mustasaari in Finland, Madeira Bach in Portugal, Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Marlboro, Bravo! (Colorado), Chamber Music Northwest and the Aspen Festival. He is currently on the faculty of Music Academy of the West. Mr. Jolley’s numerous recordings include over two dozen CDs with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, including Mozart Concerti for Deutsche Grammophon, and a series of solo albums—Adagio and Allegro, Sonatas and Trios of Alec Wilder and Villanelle—for the Arabesque label. His recording of the Strauss Concerti with the Israeli Sinfonietta was released by Arabesque in the Fall 1999. A native of Los Angeles, Mr. Jolley received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School. |
