Renée Moore-Skerik
Renée Moore-Skerik, professor of viola at Texas Tech University and violist of the Botticelli String Quartet since 2004, has led an active and varied career. As violist with the Botticelli String Quartet she has toured throughout the United States, Europe, Brazil, as featured performers at the 33rd International Viola Congress in Reykjavik, Iceland and most recently presented a concert of Teresa LaVelle’s compositions in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. In May 2006 Renee taught and performed at the “Cuerdes de Enlace” festival in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Renee performed for ten years as violist of the Artaria String Quartet, winners of the 2004-2005 McKnight Foundation Award for Performing Artists. She has served on the faculty of the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, MacPhail Center for the Arts, Carleton College, The Quartet Program at S.U.N.Y. Fredonia, and was Artist/Teacher for two summers at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. She is a four-time recipient of the prestigious Orchestral Fellowship to the Aspen Music Festival, and has performed in the Spoleto, New Mexico, and National Repertory Orchestras. Her chamber music collaborations include performances with Janos Starker, Raphael Hillyer, Arnold Steinhardt and Charles Castleman. Renee holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the Eastman School of Music.
To contact Renée Moore-Skerik, email rskerik@bigzoo.net.