Biography
Throughout her lifetime career, Mary Budd Horozaniecki has been in equal demand as an outstanding violinist, distinguished scholar, classical performing artist and honored pedagogue.
Ms Horozaniecki is well known as a dynamic and dedicated teacher. While developing an immensely successful teaching career, Mary's students have gone on to lead active careers as orchestra directors, concert artists, and teachers. She was honored as the recipient of the prestigious Master Teacher Award by the Minnesota American String Teachers Association (MnASTA), in 1993. Mary has taught at the MacPhail Center for the Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has served as faculty for numerous summer workshops including the Upper Midwest String and Chamber Music Conference. Currently, Mary holds the title Senior Lecturer in Music at Carleton College and teaches at Augsburg and Macalester Colleges in Minnesota.
Mary is frequently invited to present master classes, recitals, and lectures throughout the United States and Canada. She has given master classes at venues that include the String Academy at Indiana University, the Crane School of Music, SUNY, Potsdam, the University of Iowa, the University of Nebraska, the University of Manitoba and the University of Central Florida. She has presented four times at the national conference for the American String Teachers Association. Her most recent presentation was entitled "Studying the Violin at the College Level: Prospectives on Progress and Process" Known for her scholarly research, her work on violin duos, with colleague Dr. Sarah Hersh of the Crane School of Music, SUNY, Potsdam, was lauded in the article, "Vertical Climb" by James Reel; Strings Magazine, February 2006.
Recognized as one of the areas favorite performing artists, Mary is known through her performances as first violinist with the Sartory String Quartet, the Huber Piano Trio and other colleagues. This year she will tour the Midwest with Mark Rudoff, cello, Nancy Nehring viola, and David Viscoli, piano as a member of the Chiarina Piano Quartet. Also a champion of contemporary music, she has performed and recorded numerous world premieres including works by Phillip Rhodes and pianist/composer Donald Betts on Inscape and Centaur labels. She serves as concertmaster for the Masterworks Orchestra associated with the Masterworks Chorale of Minnesota conducted by Dr. Peter Hendrickson.
Ms Horozaniecki is a two-time fellowship winner at the Blossom Festival School, and has studied at the Meadowmount School of Music. She is an Honors graduate of the school of music at Indiana University where she was privileged to study with the late Josef Gingold. Mary also mentored with Margaret Pardee of the Juilliard School, Emily Austin of the Detroit Symphony and Menahem Pressler of the Beaux Arts Trio. Her violin is a Ferdinandus Gagliano, made in Naples, 1753.
