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Violinist Dr. Mary Ogletree has performed in solo, chamber and orchestral concerts in Germany, Italy, and throughout the United States. She is currently concertmaster of the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, and is a regular soloist with the ensemble during its popular summer series, Valley Vivaldi. She is assistant concertmaster of the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, and a first violinist with the Bach Festival Orchestra. This group, performing with the Bethlehem Bach Choir, has performed recently at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and will be on tour throughout England and Scotland in the summer of 2003. They have recently released their third CD of music by J.S. Bach on the Dorian label.

Dr. Ogletree received the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the University of Kentucky; her Bachelor of Music degree was earned at the University of Michigan. She has won several competitions and awards, including the Kentucky Young Artists Competition, the Haggin Music Fellowship, and the James B. Angell Award. She has studied with Mischa Mischakoff at the Aspen Summer Music Festival and with Andor Toth at Stanford University. Currently Dr. Ogletree is a Professor of Violin at Kutztown University, where she teaches violin, viola and chamber music, music theory and music literature.