Mary Papoulis, violin
Mary Papoulis
Papoulis has been a violinist with the Great Falls Symphony’s Cascade Quartet and the String Orchestra of the Rockies since 1990. Her musical performances have taken her as far as China, Italy, Norway, and Cambridge, England. In addition to her private studio, she has taught at the Olympic Music Festival in Washington, the Summer Youth Orchestra Workshop in Bozeman, and workshops with the Ying Quartet.
Papoulis holds a DMA from SUNY Stony Brook, MM from Eastman, and BM from Indiana University. Her teachers have included Burton Kaplan, Joyce Robbins, Peter Salaff, Zvi Zeitlin, Stanley Riche, and the Turtle Island String Quartet.
Papoulis has been a soloist with the Great Falls and Butte symphonies, and she has been a Long Island Pops Concerto Competition winner. She can be heard on recordings with the Cascade Quartet, as well as the String Orchestra of the Rockies. She is also a certified instructor of Nia Technique, a sensory-based movement practice that leads to health, wellness and fitness. In May 2015 she performed as guest violinist with Solero Flamenco in the Houston Spanish and Flamenco Festival.
In her spare time, she plays folk, blues, and gypsy music with guitarist Rich Matoon.
Papoulis has been a violinist with the Great Falls Symphony’s Cascade Quartet and the String Orchestra of the Rockies since 1990. Her musical performances have taken her as far as China, Italy, Norway, and Cambridge, England. In addition to her private studio, she has taught at the Olympic Music Festival in Washington, the Summer Youth Orchestra Workshop in Bozeman, and workshops with the Ying Quartet.
Papoulis holds a DMA from SUNY Stony Brook, MM from Eastman, and BM from Indiana University. Her teachers have included Burton Kaplan, Joyce Robbins, Peter Salaff, Zvi Zeitlin, Stanley Riche, and the Turtle Island String Quartet.
Papoulis has been a soloist with the Great Falls and Butte symphonies, and she has been a Long Island Pops Concerto Competition winner. She can be heard on recordings with the Cascade Quartet, as well as the String Orchestra of the Rockies. She is also a certified instructor of Nia Technique, a sensory-based movement practice that leads to health, wellness and fitness. In May 2015 she performed as guest violinist with Solero Flamenco in the Houston Spanish and Flamenco Festival.
In her spare time, she plays folk, blues, and gypsy music with guitarist Rich Matoon.
