Music to Keep Warm on a Winter Day:
An Afternoon of Beautiful Viola and Keyboard Music
Bach: Cello Suite No. 4;
Toccata in C Major, BWV 564
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata
Rev. Cheryl Frank, viola
Dr. Bruce Frank, piano and organ
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Bruce Frank is originally from southern New Jersey. He plays the piano and organ, and teaches music theory at the University of Rochester and the Eastman School of Music. He also serves as Organist at the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsford. Bruce enjoys spending time with his family, listening to the tuning of violas and cellos in the house, reading history, and researching the sidewalk on Winton Road with Rosie, a friendly dog.
Cheryl Frank, a native of Racine, Wisconsin, holds a BM from Oberlin Conservatory, and a MM from the Eastman School of Music. Cheryl has served on the faculties of the Kanack School, Cobblestone Arts Center, and the Hochstein School. She has played with orchestras in Wisconsin, Japan, Erie PA, Buffalo, New Orleans, Binghamton, Syracuse, and Rochester. In chamber music, she has been a member of the Seraphim Strings, the East End Chamber Players, the Genesis String Quartet, the Magnolia String Quartet, and Quartsemble. From 2000-2004, Cheryl was the founding director of the New Orleans String Project, whose mission is to teach viola, cello, and bass to inner-city New Orleans children. Cheryl has also played organ for churches since 1983. Cheryl went on to obtain an MDiv from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, and is humbled to be serving as Associate Pastor of Greece Baptist Church for the past 10 years. Cheryl maintains a studio of violin, viola, and piano students. Cheryl and her husband Bruce are blessed by two adult daughters: Helen and Joanna.
