Education

Curtis Institute of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, B.M., Ellis A. Feiman Memorial Award

Areas of Expertise

cello, chamber music, and orchestral training

Sharon Mautner-Rodgers

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Sharon Mautner-Rodgers is a California native and won numerous competitions both as a soloist and a member of the Trio Con Brio. Sharon was a awarded a full music scholarship to attend the Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences where she received the Herbert Zipper award for excellence.  Sharon attended the Aspen Music Festival, ENCORE school for strings, Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, Taos Chamber Music Festival, National Repertory Orchestra, Bear Lake Music Festival, and Oregon Coast Music Festival.

Sharon has been a member of many professional orchestras, including the New World, Charleston, Naples, Memphis, Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities, Dubuque, Des Moines, Honolulu, Malaysian Philharmonic, and Wichita Symphonies. Her orchestral tours have taken her to Washington D.C. Carnegie Hall, South America, Paris, and Singapore.

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Sharon has taught cello and coached chamber music at the Luzerne Music Center in NY, the Weathersfield Music Camp in VT, the Drake University Community School, and Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, in addition to maintaining a private studio for over 20 years. In the spring of 2008,  her cello student was selected as a winner for the Gustavus solo competition.

Currently, Sharon is principal cellist with the Mankato Symphony, a member of the South Dakota Symphony, on the substitute list for the Minnesota Orchestra, and a member of the Missouri Chamber Orchestra in the summers.

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Contact Information

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Gustavus Adolphus College
800 West College Avenue
Saint Peter, MN 56082

E-mail: smautner@gustavus.edu