Symphony June book.indd - Music - University of California, Irvine

ARTISTS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Ukrainian-born violinist Iryna Krechkovsky enjoys a diverse career as soloist and chamber
musician performing throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. A prizewinner at
numerous competitions she has been featured at Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, St.
Lawrence Centre in Toronto, Staller Center for the Arts in New York, The American Church
in Paris, Town Hall Seattle, Schubert Club Courtroom Series in
Minnesota, and Moulin d’Andé in Normandy.
As soloist, she appeared with the Canadian Academy
Chamber Orchestra, Warren Philharmonic Orchestra, Toronto
Sinfonietta, Lviv National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine,
and with the Orchestras of the Royal Conservatory of Music,
Cleveland Institute of Music, and Stony Brook University.
Krechkovsky is a founding member of Trio Céleste with cellist
Ross Gasworth and pianist Kevin Kwan Loucks, recently
appointed Artists-in-Residence at the Claire Trevor School of
the Arts at the University of California, Irvine, and has also been
a member of the chamber orchestra, CityMusic Cleveland,
since 2005 where she is currently Assistant Concertmaster. Equally active as an educator,
Ms. Krechkovsky served on the faculty of ChamberArtsFest in France, and Stony Brook
University’s Pre-College Division This summer she will co-direct the Summer Academy for
Chamber Music at the University of California, Irvine with pianist Kevin Kwan Loucks.
Ms. Krechkovsky began violin studies at the age of six and received both her
bachelor and master degrees in from the Cleveland Institute of Music where she was
awarded the Dr. Jerome Gross Prize in Violin. Ms. Krechkovsky is currently pursuing her
Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Stony Brook University in New York where she teaches for
the Undergraduate Chamber Music Department.
Ross Gasworth is the principal cellist of the Waco Symphony
Orchestra and has performed with the Houston Symphony, Fort
Worth Symphony, New World Symphony, and Aspen Chamber
Symphony. In March 2011, Ross traveled to Sydney, Australia,
as principal cellist of the YouTube Symphony under Michael
Tilson-Thomas at the Sydney Opera House. He also recently
performed at Google’s annual Zeitgeist festival in London, in
collaboration with the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers. In March
2010, he toured China as part of the Bancroft String Quartet,
which included helping to develop a chamber music program at
the Southern China University of Technology. Ross has received
fellowships at the Aspen Music Festival and School, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival,
and the Pacific Music Festival. While at Kneisel Hall, he helped organize and teach an