Annie Chalex
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Violinist Annie Chalex is internationally recognized as a chamber musician, soloist, and teacher. Most recently, she has performed as first violinist of the Harrington String Quartet, Concertmaster of the Amarillo Symphony, and was on the faculty at West Texas A&M University. With the Harrington String Quartet, Ms. Chalex has performed internationally in England, France, and Canada, as well as across the United States. A soon to be released CD will feature the complete string quartet works of Daniel McCarthy on the Albany label. Other recent commissions include works by Norman J. Nelson, John Novacek, James Gardner, and Kenji Bunch. A television documentary entitled “A Sound Collaboration-The Harrington String Quartet” was produced by PBS. Recently, the Quartet performed a concert at Carnegie’s Weill Hall with William Preucil and Arthur Rowe. The Quartet has collaborated with a wide range of artists such as David Shifrin, Robert Levin, Arthur Rowe, Pepe Romero and members of the Cavani and Pro Arte String Quartets. Currently, Ms. Chalex is the violinist of Quartet-a-tete, the chamber ensemble in residence with Chamber Music Amarillo.
Ms. Chalex has been a finalist in the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, the recipient of the “American Prize” of the Seventeen Magazine/General Motors Competition, a Prizewinner at the Irving Klein Competition, and Winner of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. As a soloist, she has performed with the Amarillo Symphony, the Amarillo Virtuosi, the Randel Chamber Orchestra, the New England Conservatory Orchestra, the Harper Symphony Orchestra, and the Northwest Symphony of Chicago. Ms. Chalex has toured the Far East with the Juilliard Orchestra and performed in Europe with the American Sinfonietta, in addition to playing with the Japan-American Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra.
In the summer, Ms. Chalex is a frequently requested teacher and has been on the faculties at Midwest Young Artists Chamber Music Program in Chicago, and at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. She has performed at numerous festivals including the Oregon Bach Festival, the Bellingham Festival of Music in Washington, the Festival-Institute at Roundtop in Texas, and the Chamber Music at the Barn in Oklahoma. Additional summers have been spent at the Encore School for Strings in Ohio, the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts, the Meadowmount School of Music in New York, and the Sarasota Music Festival in Florida.
Ms. Chalex received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Southern California with Robert Lipsett and her Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School with Robert Mann. She has also studied with Roland and Almita Vamos at the Music Center of the North Shore in Winnetka, IL. Chamber Music Coaches have included members of the Amadeus, Cleveland, and Juilliard Quartets.
