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Claire Hodgkins, internationally respected violinist, teacher, chamber musician is founder of "Jascha Heifetz Society". Miss Hodgkins was longtime master teaching associate to Jascha Heifetz at the University of Southern California and on the faculty of four other Southern California Universities. Miss Hodgkins prepared Heifetz Master Class students at the University of Southern California, and played Chamber Music with Heifetz, Piatagorsky, Brooks Smith, Leonard Pennario and others for many years. She founded Chanterelle Music Festivals, which are dedicated to the memory of Jascha Heifetz, his love of teaching, and passion for Chamber Music. With festivals in Vienna, Switzerland, and California from 1983 to present, musicians from students to professionals and teachers play Chamber Music, study and perform concerts in inspiring surroundings. Miss Hodgkins has been on the faculty of five Southern California Universities. Her Chamber orchestras have toured extensively throughout the West Coast and in 1980 the Loma Linda University Chamber Orchestra toured Scandinavia on quite a similar tour as Boris Sirpo and his "Little Chamber Orchestra" played in 1955 and 1957. Miss Hodgkins, a student of Boris Sirpo, was Concertmaster of the Portland Chamber Orchestra and the "Little Orchestra" from 1946-1960. Her violin studies began at the age of four with James Eoff. At nine she studied with Eduard Hurlimann, Concertmaster of the Portland Symphony. In 1961 she was accepted into Jascha Heifetz' Master Class at the University of Southern California. She has performed in recitals and with orchestras in all the major European and Scandinavian countries with reviews praising her brilliant technique and personal charm. "…superb technique and a remarkable variety of tonal hues and timbres." - Paris "…Mastery, skill, elegance" -LA LANTERNE, Brussels
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