Martha Sholl

Instructor of Bassoon

E-mail: music@houghton.edu
Phone: 585.567.9400

Martha Sholl is a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and the Syracuse Symphony.  Prior professional appointments include principal bassoon in the Binghamton Philharmonic, Tri-Cities Opera Orchestra, and the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra.  She has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Rochester Chamber Orchestra, Rochester Oratorio Society, Chamber Music Rochester, Fortissimo, Lake Placid Sinfonietta, Skaneateles Festival, and the Chautauqua Institution Orchestra, among others.  In the summer, Ms. Sholl joins her colleagues from the Rochester Philharmonic at the Bravo Festival in Vail, CO, and has performed for the past two years at Music in the Mountains, in Durango, CO.  As a student of K. David Van Hoesen, she received both the Bachelor (with distinction) and Master of Music Degrees at the Eastman School of Music.  She is a former student of Shirley Curtiss, of the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia. Ms. Sholl has given Master Classes at SUNY Fredonia and Ithaca College, has served as a mentor for the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, and was selected for inclusion in the 2004 edition of Who’s Who in America.  In addition to teaching at Houghton College, Ms. Sholl is on the faculty at Nazareth College, Roberts Wesleyan College, SUNY Geneseo, Syracuse University, and the Hochstein Music School.