Maria Ritzenthaler, viola
Maria Ritzenthaler
New to Great Falls, Montana, is violist Ritzenthaler, who has extensive experience in performance and education. She received degrees in viola performance from UW Madison and Roosevelt University in Chicago, and completed two years of a Doctoral degree in performance at the University of Minnesota. Her major teachers include Sally Chisholm, Roger Chase, and Korey Konkol. She has held positions in many orchestras including principal of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and assistant principal of the South Bend Symphony and the South Dakota Symphony.
She recently won the position of principal violist of the Great Falls Symphony and violist of the Cascade Quartet. Ritzenthaler has taught students of all ages at the Merit School of Music as viola Professor at Harper College. She has been fortunate to participate in many outreach programs, including the Chicago Symphony's Citizen Musicianship Initiative, and has seen first hand how music education can change lives and build communities.
New to Great Falls, Montana, is violist Ritzenthaler, who has extensive experience in performance and education. She received degrees in viola performance from UW Madison and Roosevelt University in Chicago, and completed two years of a Doctoral degree in performance at the University of Minnesota. Her major teachers include Sally Chisholm, Roger Chase, and Korey Konkol. She has held positions in many orchestras including principal of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and assistant principal of the South Bend Symphony and the South Dakota Symphony.
She recently won the position of principal violist of the Great Falls Symphony and violist of the Cascade Quartet. Ritzenthaler has taught students of all ages at the Merit School of Music as viola Professor at Harper College. She has been fortunate to participate in many outreach programs, including the Chicago Symphony's Citizen Musicianship Initiative, and has seen first hand how music education can change lives and build communities.
