Carol Hutter
- BIO
Carol has played viola in the Springfield Symphony Orchestra
for 40 years, and is also the founder of the Bel Canto
Chamber Players string quartet, where she plays violin.
Carol’s performances include work with the Hartford Symphony
Orchestra, the Binghamton Symphony Orchestra, Vermont,
Sacramento, Tri Cities Opera, Berkshire Choral Festival. She
was fortunate enough to have worked under Gunther Schuller,
Seiji Ozawa, and was also a soloist under Leonard Bernstein!
Carol's other performances include the Peter Britt Music
Festival in Oregon, The Waterloo Music Festival in New
Jersey, The New England Chamber Orchestra, and The Flux
Contemporary Music Ensemble. Carol is a member of the New
England Repertory Orchestra (NERO), and has played with Pan
Opera as well. She has recorded with artists such as Rani
Arbo and Daisy Mayhem, the Winterpills, Mark Hershler, and
others. Carol has a Master’s degree in music from The
University of Massachusetts where she was in the Graduate
String Quartet Program with the Meridian Quartet, and became
the first Post Graduate String Quartet in Residence at
UMASS. Carol has been teaching at Falcetti Music since 2015,
and is the founding teacher at Northampton Community Music
Center, where she still teaches. She was also a founding
teacher at the Community Music School of Springfield where
she taught for 35 years. Carol is also extremely well versed
in the Suzuki method. She completed her Suzuki training at
Ithaca College as well as The Hartt School. Carol has also
studied the New Approach to string playing with Kato Havas,
as well as Music for People with David Darling for multiple
years.
Learning the foundations of technique when first
learning
the instrument is vital to becoming
accomplished
My Approach to Teaching
Carol believes in a lot of positive reinforcement, and hopes
that students will come open to technical and musical ideas
that will go with their level of playing. Learning the
foundations of technique when first learning the instrument
is vital to becoming accomplished and being able to create a
beautiful sound.
