About Deborah
Deborah Apple is an active and diverse performer and teacher in the Boston area. She currently has a studio of over thirty students in Brookline, Newton, and Concord, where she provides Suzuki and traditional instruction to all ages. The students learn musicianship, theory, and technical facility as well as leadership, perseverance, and commitment through semi-annual studio recitals. Deborah spends her mornings conducting the Sibelius Orchestra at the Josiah Quincy Orchestra Program. In addition to her teaching, Deborah also performs with the Brookline Symphony.
She was previously a Resident Artist at the Conservatory Lab Charter School in Brighton, MA where she taught viola. She recently completed her Master of Music degree in viola performance at the Boston Conservatory where she studied with Patricia McCarty and completed her degree recital on April 9, 2010. While in school Deborah performed with several chamber groups coached by Judith Eissenberg, Max Levinson, Lila Brown, and Rictor Noren. In the Boston area Deborah has played with the Boston Civic Symphony, the Newton Symphony, Symphony Nova, and the Dorchester Symphony.
Prior to moving to Boston, Deborah attended the University of South Carolina where she studied with Ryan Kho and Dr. Constance Gee. She also spent two years teaching violin and viola at the USC String Project and in the USC Community Music Program. While living in South Carolina, Deborah played with the Florence Symphony and the Spartanburg Symphony. Deborah graduated summa cum laude in 2008 with a Bachelor of Music Degree.
Growing up in Virginia and Georgia, Deborah Apple started studying the violin at the age of eight and viola at the age of fifteen. She was always involved in her school orchestra programs as well as youth orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. She spent her summers at music camps including Interlochen Arts Camp and the National High School Music Institute. During this time she studied violin with Sheela Su and viola with Elizabeth Derderian-Wood.
As a passionate chamber performer, Deborah has performed with various chamber groups at several summer programs including Meadowmount School of Music, Icicle Creek Music Festival, the Quartet Program, and Las Vegas Music Festival where she has been coached by Renato Bonacini, Basil Vendryes, Mark Rudolph, Diane Monroe, James Lyon, and members of the Ying Quartet. In 2005 Deborah performed as a part of a cello quintet at the Rochberg Memorial Tribute Concert in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
She was previously a Resident Artist at the Conservatory Lab Charter School in Brighton, MA where she taught viola. She recently completed her Master of Music degree in viola performance at the Boston Conservatory where she studied with Patricia McCarty and completed her degree recital on April 9, 2010. While in school Deborah performed with several chamber groups coached by Judith Eissenberg, Max Levinson, Lila Brown, and Rictor Noren. In the Boston area Deborah has played with the Boston Civic Symphony, the Newton Symphony, Symphony Nova, and the Dorchester Symphony.
Prior to moving to Boston, Deborah attended the University of South Carolina where she studied with Ryan Kho and Dr. Constance Gee. She also spent two years teaching violin and viola at the USC String Project and in the USC Community Music Program. While living in South Carolina, Deborah played with the Florence Symphony and the Spartanburg Symphony. Deborah graduated summa cum laude in 2008 with a Bachelor of Music Degree.
Growing up in Virginia and Georgia, Deborah Apple started studying the violin at the age of eight and viola at the age of fifteen. She was always involved in her school orchestra programs as well as youth orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. She spent her summers at music camps including Interlochen Arts Camp and the National High School Music Institute. During this time she studied violin with Sheela Su and viola with Elizabeth Derderian-Wood.
As a passionate chamber performer, Deborah has performed with various chamber groups at several summer programs including Meadowmount School of Music, Icicle Creek Music Festival, the Quartet Program, and Las Vegas Music Festival where she has been coached by Renato Bonacini, Basil Vendryes, Mark Rudolph, Diane Monroe, James Lyon, and members of the Ying Quartet. In 2005 Deborah performed as a part of a cello quintet at the Rochberg Memorial Tribute Concert in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.