E-Mail: Almita.Vamos@oberlin.edu Office: Bibbins 324 Office Phone: 440/775-8218 Address: 77 W. College St. Oberlin, OH 44074 Visit also: • Violin Virtuoso Wong Yuuki is on the cusp of what promises to be a brilliant career Back to: Strings Division		Almita Vamos Professor of Violin Education: B.S., The Juilliard School, 1960; M.A., Western Illinois Universty, 1975. Violin study with Mischa Mischakoff and Lous Persinger, and coachings with William Lincer, Nadia Reisenberg, Arthur Balsam, and Joseph Fuchs. Awards and Prizes: Six time recipient of the Presidential Excellence in Teaching Award. Winner, Concert Artist Guild Award. Received Distinguished Teachers Award from the American String Teachers Association, National Endowment for the Arts, Ohio Live and Ohio String Teachers. Students have won gold and silver medals in Tchaikowsky Junior and Senior Competition, Henry Szeryng, Carl Flesch and many other international competitions. Performances: Soloist with the Juilliard, Mexico City, Columbus, Taipei City, Suwon Symphony orchestras. Lecturer, First Violin Congress and ASTA national conventions. Professional Affiliations: Former faculty member, Western Illinois University, University of Minnesota. Faculty member, Music Center of the North Shore. Co-founder, Weathersfield Music Festival. Recordings: Recordings on Atlantic, Coronet, and Rizzoli labels.