Lucy Chapman
Violin

Lucy Chapman, violin, is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with Arnold Steinhardt of the Guarneri Quartet; her other principal teachers include Dorothy Delay and Marc Gottlieb. Ms. Chapman is also a graduate of Antioch New England where she received a Masters Degree in education. Her varied career has included solo and chamber music concerts throughout the USA, Europe and Japan; in addition, she served for a year as Acting Associate Concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony and two seasons as a member of the Muir String Quartet. From 1987-1991 Ms. Chapman, her husband clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and pianist Richard Goode toured as a trio; their recording of Bartok, Stravinsky and Ives won a Grammy nomination. More recently the Chapmans have toured with their son Peter and daughter Meggie, playing in such venues as the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, The Glenn Gould Studios in Toronto and Takemitsu Hall in Tokyo. Ms. Chapman is a former faculty member of the University of California/Santa Cruz, Boston and Harvard Universities and is presently the Chair of Strings and Chair of Chamber Music at the New England Conservatory of Music.