Margaret Zufall Roberts

P.O. Box 417 • 39 Trinity Park. • Mount Tabor, NJ 07878 • (973)-625-9552 •

Education

1978 California Institute of the Arts - full scholarship for graduate string quartet Valencia, California

1975 Fairleigh Dickinson University – N. J. Teacher Certification (Music K-12) Madison, New Jersey

1973 Ohio University - Bachelor of Music (viola performance) Athens, Ohio

1971 Mozarteum Akademie - Chamber and Orchestral Music Salzburg, Austria

Teachers

Alan DeVeritch, Paul Doktor, Aaron Copland, Jesse Levine, Charles DelRosso, Howard Beebe,

Enrico Menardi, Sequoia String Quartet, Eugenie Dengel, Charles Ponall, Stanley Opalach

Administrative Experience

2007 - 08 Thurnauer School of Music, Chamber Music Director JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly, New Jersey

2000 - North Jersey Music Educators Association, All State Orchestra Procedures New Brunswick, New Jersey

2004 - ASTA/NJ Chamber Music Institute, Founder and Artistic Director Kean University, Union, NJ

2004 - 06 American String Teachers Association/NJ Chapter - president state and national locations

2000 – 01 Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra Festival Strings, Manager Ridgewood, New Jersey

1999 NJ Region I Junior High School Orchestra, Manager West Orange, New Jersey

1992 - 96 Morris County Council of PTAs, Program Dir., Editor of Newsbrief Denville, New Jersey

1992 - 96 Arts Council of the Morris Area, Trustee Madison, New Jersey

1990 - 92 Intervale Elementary School, PTA President Parsippany, New Jersey

1988 - 90 Morristown Neighborhood House, Music Director Morristown, New Jersey

Teaching Experience

2010- Montclair State University Adjunct Faculty Member Montclair, New Jersey

2009- Wharton Music Center Strings Instructor Berkeley Heights, New Jersey

2007- Thurnauer School of Music - Director of Chamber Music Tenafly, New Jersey

2006- 2007 Randolph Middle School - Orchestra Director Randolph, New Jersey 2003 - 2006 Columbia High School - Orchestra Director, Music Fundamentals Maplewood, New Jersey 2003 – 2004 Fair Lawn Middle School – Strings Director Fair Lawn, New Jersey

2002 – 2006 Seton Hall University - Strings Instructor South Orange, New Jersey 2002 Vermont Music & Arts Camp - Chamber Music Coach/Performer Lyndon, Vermont

1999 - 02 Ramapo-Indian Hills H.S. - Strings Director Franklin Lakes, New Jersey

1997 – 99 Montclair Kimberley Academy Strings Director Montclair, New Jersey 1996 - ASTA Summer Conference Chamber Music Director Glassboro/Union, New Jersey

1994 - 96 Morristown High School - Strings Specialist Morristown, New Jersey

1995 - 97 Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra - Chamber Music Coach Princeton, New Jersey

1993 - New Jersey Youth Symphony - Chamber Music Coach Summit, New Jersey

1995 - 96 West Orange Public Schools - Elem. Strings/Kindergarten Vocal West Orange, New Jersey

1980 - 82 Newark Community Center for the Arts - Violin, Viola, Suzuki Classes Newark, New Jersey 1979 – 95 Madison Public Schools - Summer Music Madison, New Jersey 1976 - 78 South Orange Public Schools - Elementary, High School Strings South Orange, New Jersey 1974 - 77 County College of Morris - Violin, Viola Randolph, New Jersey

1973 - 74 College of Saint Scholastica - Violin, Viola Duluth, Minnesota

1973 – 74 University of Wisconsin - Violin, Viola, Chamber Music Superior, Wisconsin

Conducting Experience

2010- NJ Intergenerational Orchestra Berkeley Heights, New Jersey

2003 – 06 Youth Orchestras of Essex County South Orange, New Jersey

2002 South Jersey Junior High School Region Orchestra Glassboro, New Jersey

1999 - 01 Lakeland Youth Symphony Parsippany, New Jersey

Performance Experience

2008 - Alelphi Chamber Orchestra (Principal Viola) Englewood, New Jersey

1996 - Montclair Chamber Ensemble/Ravina String Quartet (Principal Viola) Montclair, New Jersey 1997 - 05 Opera at Florham; Harmonium Choral Society, Morris Choral Society Madison, New Jersey

1997 - 99 Bulgarian Chamber Players (concerts in Weill Recital Hall) New York, New York

1984 - 85 Santa Barbara Symphony Santa Barbara, California

1983 - 85 Los Angeles Modern String Orchestra Hollywood, California

1978 - 83 New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Newark, New Jersey

1975 - 78 Ridgewood String Orchestra (Principal Viola) Ridgewood, New Jersey

1974 - 77 Garden State Sinfonia (Principal Viola) Randolph, New Jersey 1973 – 74 Duluth Symphony Orchestra (Principal Viola) Duluth, Minnesota

References

Mary Ann Mumm Past President, ASTA/NJ, Jersey City, New Jersey; Met Opera violinist 201-733-7420

Paul Hostetter Director, Ethel Foley Distinguished Chair in Orchestral Conducting, Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University, GA