Peggy Ellen Reynolds, Violin/Viola
110 Gifford Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07304
201 435 5447
Peggyperviola@aol.com
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Serve in the following community orchestras:
Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra
Next concert: Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 3 pm
(1st or 2nd violin)
New Jersey Reading Orchestra
NEXT MEETINGS: Sunday January 22, 2012at 7 pm
(rotating player, assist organizing, web host)
Society of Musical Arts (SOMA)
Next concert: Sunday, January 29, 2012, featuring cellist Jameson Platte
(principal 2nd violin, Treasurer, web host)
The August Symphony, August 3, 2012 at 8 pm
(principal viola, personnel manager, on-line support)
The Metropolitan Orchestra of NJ
Next concert: Sunday, March 4, 2012
(viola)
Tunes:
"Turk 3"
"Jesu"
"Silent Night"
"Low How a Rose"
"Ashokan Farewell"
"Amazing Grace"
"Bach Sheep"
"AlexRTBand"
"Carol of Bells"
"Chicken Reel"
"Angels We Have Heard"
"O Little Town"
Bergen Philharmonic (past) violin, manager, libarian, grants & related duties
Back-up Orchestra for Bucky Pizzarelli, Dizzy Gillespie, Isola Jones, Anna Moffo
Rehearsal Club of Montclair (perform, organize, prepare program for monthly
meetings)
Free lance:
Wizard of Oz (2008) – The Roche Players, Nutley HS, doubled second violin, viola
Guys & Dolls (2007) – Manalapan HS, principal violin
West Side Story (2005) – Center Players of Bayonne, principal violin
Peter & the Wolf (2003) – Lukas Foss at the Bridgehampton Festival, viola
Collegium Westchester (2003) – First Presbyterian Church, Ossining, violin
Brigadoon (2002) – New Milford HS, principal violin
1979-91: Coordinated and performed chamber music at religious centers and
assisted living venues in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California
Coaches: Jeff Holm, David Clampitt, Bob Mark, Mary Babiarz, Gerall Heiser, Yuri
Vodovoz
My other life:
The “nine-to-five” career:
1967 – 1998 – Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (retired)
Worked in progressively responsible administrative functions over 31 years, mostly
at the World Trade Center: secretarial, computer support, accounts payable, public services
administration, lease account management. Principal violinist in 1982 employee-produced
musical spoof on the Port Authority. Medal awards and bonuses in 1983, 1991 and 1993.
Major accomplishments included asbestos abatement relocation and replication of office
space for over 50 WTC tenants (8-year project). Formerly licensed Real Estate Broker in
New York State.
The home front:
1979-2001 – domestic partner to the late Herbert V. Schultz, Food Technologist, Violinist,
and violin teacher. BS Analytical Chemistry, Columbia University. Army 1958-62.
Studied violin with Sam Applebaum, Micha Michakoff. Laboratory and food science
expertise for Colgate, Swift & Co., Frutarom-Meer Corp. and AEP Colloids. President of
Water Soluble Gums Association of America and INGAR (International Gum Arabic
Research organization). Concert Master of Family Opera of North Bergen. Ass’t Concert
Master and Manager of Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Died 12/14/01.
Married Alan R. Klase 12/30/07, electrical engineer, guru of antique radios, personal
computers, semiconductors. Field Applications Engineer for Toshiba, Oki Semiconductors.
Currently guiding the development, construction and management of InfoAge, a science
museum built out of the former Marconi radio transmission site in Wall Twp, NJ.
Military Service 1968-71: US Army Signal Corps. Education: Drexelmuseum built out of the former Marconi radio transmission site in Wall Twp, NJ.
Institute of Technology
PDF Bio: http://skywaves.ar88.net/Professional/RES04-8.pdf
Real Estate Interests:
1978 – present - owner of an 1892 Victorian townhouse on upscale street in prestigious
turn-of-the-century Jersey City neighborhood. Purchased nearby 110 Gifford Ave in
2011
1987 – 2004 – inherited and managed a two-family dwelling in Kearny, NJ
Formal education:
BBA, Pace University, 1978
Diploma, Drake College of Business, 1967
Honors Graduate, Kearny High School, 1965Violin lessons 1958-65, Llewellyn Curtis, Kearny Public Schools
Recipes:
Tabouli
Liver Pate
Shrimp Dip/Mold
Olive Relish