Rocky Ridge appoints new music director

American Music Teacher, Feb-March, 2005

Carina Voly has been appointed music director of the Rocky Ridge Music Center. Voly, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, has performed with orchestras in Argentina, Israel and the United States.

She began cello studies at the Conservatorio Nacional and later received a bachelor of music degree in cello performance from the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Israel. Upon coming to the United States, Voly was recognized as a Bolz Fellow in String Pedagogy and Cello at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received a master of music degree in cello performance and pedagogy.

Voly has performed everything from chamber and orchestral to folk and world music. She also has appeared on radio programs in Argentina and the United States, including Wisconsin Public Radio's Live at the Elvehjem.

Since 1995, Voly has been director of chamber music for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras, where she oversees more than fifty chamber groups each season. She teaches a large private cello studio and is a founding member of the Crossroads Trio, with whom she performs chamber music. Voly resides in Madison, Wisconsin.