Dorothy Lawson

Dorothy Lawson is a Canadian cellist and composer based in New York City.[1][2] She is best known as a co-founder and artistic director of the string quartet ETHEL.[3][4] On the founding of ETHEL she says, "we... realized that we were in the middle of a really powerful new upsurge of creative energy in music of our time that we were kind of the perfect vehicle for."[5]

Prior to ETHEL, Lawson toured with Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project, Bang on a Can All-Stars, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. She was a founding member of the Rossetti and Roerich String Quartets, and served 10 years as faculty of Joseph Fuchs' Alfred University Summer Chamber Music Institute.[6][7][8] Lawson was an orchestra member of the 2002 Off-Broadway production of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years and the 2005 Broadway production of The Woman in White.[9][10] She has been a member of the Ron Carter Nonet.[11] Lawson appears on multiple recordings, including the GRAMMY Award winning album Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman[12][13] She is a member of acclaimed Brazilian jazz pianist Marcelo Zarvos +Group.[14][15] Lawson is a graduate of the Juilliard School and a current faculty at the Preparatory Division of Mannes College at the New School.[16] She is quoted numerous times in the book How to Grow as a Musician: What All Musicians Must Know to Succeed by Sheila E. Anderson on the topic of how to balance work and family as a working musician.[17]

References

  1. ↑ The Canadian Encyclopedia
  2. ↑ "An Environmental Album Recaptured in a Concert ‘Documerica,’ at BAM, Featuring the New-Music Quartet Ethel",The New York Times, by Steve Smith, Oct. 6, 2013
  3. ↑ "Traveling With a Moody Old Friend That’s Tightly Strung", The New York Times, by Dorothy Lawson, April 8, 2008
  4. ↑ ETHEL: IT'S ABOUT TIME., Classical Music and Dance Guide, The New York Times, November 1, 2002
  5. ↑ Art Works Podcast: Dorothy Lawson and Ralph Farris, of the new music quartet ETHEL, National Endowment for the Arts
  6. ↑ Arts Ashima Music Festival Bio
  7. ↑ Grand Canyon Music Festival Bio
  8. ↑ Mannes Faculty
  9. ↑ AllMusic Credits
  10. ↑ Broadway World Credits
  11. ↑ "Jazz Bassist Ron Carter: Helping Others Sound Their Best, Famed musician is a stand-up guy", All Things Strings, by Dan Ouellette, May 2004
  12. ↑ Allmusic Credits
  13. ↑ Artist Direct
  14. ↑ All About Jazz review
  15. ↑ Allmusic review
  16. ↑ Mannes Faculty
  17. ↑ How to Grow as a Musician: What All Musicians Must Know to Succeed by Sheila E. Anderson, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., Jul 1, 2005