Teaching and playing professionally since the age of 19, Pamela Foard was appointed a teaching assistant position at her alma mater, Indiana University, while earning a Master’s Degree in Violin Performance. Once graduated, she further honed her teaching skills at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee, and opened her private violin and viola studio in 1978 in Brookfield, Wisconsin, which was active until her move to Los Angeles in 2014.
While at IU, Pamela studied with Italian violinist Franco Gulli and Polish violinist Tadeusz Wronski. She has also studied with Gerald Horner of The Fine Arts Quartet, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dr. Gerald Fischbach, Edward Mumm, former Concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Piotr Janowski of the New Arts Trio in Milwaukee, and Vartan Menoogian of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A transplant from the East coast to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Pamela was barely out of her teens, when her talents as a freelance musician led rapidly to positions as assistant-concertmaster of the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, the Wisconsin Philharmonic, and concertmaster of the Green Lake Festival Orchestra (Sir David Willcocks conducting), violinist with Skylight Opera Theater, and under Music Directors Kenneth Schermerhorn and Lukas Foss, the number one substitute violinist and violist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra from 1970 to 1986.
Pamela founded an all string, unconducted orchestra, Sinfonia Concertante, in Milwaukee in 1979, and was the Artistic Director and Administrative Director for four years, where she also served on the board of directors. She was also the Managing Director for Milwaukee’s contemporary music ensemble, Present Music, from 1996-99. In 2006, she and her husband were invited to be artists-in-residence in Hanoi, Vietnam for a three month program, where they collaborated with Vietnamese artists. She commissioned a tuba concerto for her son Aubrey (currently a professional musician in the Charlotte Symphony and head of the low brass department at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music) in 2008 from Wisconsin composer Mark Petering. In a series of fundraisers for various levels of sponsorship of the concerto, she solicited from donors over $20,000.
Pamela has published two books: "Wedding Music Essentials" and " In Concert: The Freelance Musician's Keys to Financial Success”.
Presently, Pamela continues to freelance and resides in Marina del Rey, California with her husband, the fine art photographer Lawrence D’Attilio, and their cat Dasher.
While at IU, Pamela studied with Italian violinist Franco Gulli and Polish violinist Tadeusz Wronski. She has also studied with Gerald Horner of The Fine Arts Quartet, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dr. Gerald Fischbach, Edward Mumm, former Concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Piotr Janowski of the New Arts Trio in Milwaukee, and Vartan Menoogian of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A transplant from the East coast to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Pamela was barely out of her teens, when her talents as a freelance musician led rapidly to positions as assistant-concertmaster of the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, the Wisconsin Philharmonic, and concertmaster of the Green Lake Festival Orchestra (Sir David Willcocks conducting), violinist with Skylight Opera Theater, and under Music Directors Kenneth Schermerhorn and Lukas Foss, the number one substitute violinist and violist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra from 1970 to 1986.
Pamela founded an all string, unconducted orchestra, Sinfonia Concertante, in Milwaukee in 1979, and was the Artistic Director and Administrative Director for four years, where she also served on the board of directors. She was also the Managing Director for Milwaukee’s contemporary music ensemble, Present Music, from 1996-99. In 2006, she and her husband were invited to be artists-in-residence in Hanoi, Vietnam for a three month program, where they collaborated with Vietnamese artists. She commissioned a tuba concerto for her son Aubrey (currently a professional musician in the Charlotte Symphony and head of the low brass department at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music) in 2008 from Wisconsin composer Mark Petering. In a series of fundraisers for various levels of sponsorship of the concerto, she solicited from donors over $20,000.
Pamela has published two books: "Wedding Music Essentials" and " In Concert: The Freelance Musician's Keys to Financial Success”.
Presently, Pamela continues to freelance and resides in Marina del Rey, California with her husband, the fine art photographer Lawrence D’Attilio, and their cat Dasher.
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Although she now spends most of her time on the West coast and Southeast Asia, her experience includes:
2015 - present, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles, CA - Violinist
2001 – 2016, Skylight Music Theatre, Milwaukee, WI ~ Violinist
2004 - 2006, Green Bay Civic Orchestra, Green Bay, WI ~ Violinist and Concertmaster
1996 – 1999, Present Music, Milwaukee, WI ~ Managing Director
1982 - 1998, Green Lake Music Festival, Ripon, WI ~ Violinist and Concertmaster
1980 – 2000, Wisconsin Philharmonic, Waukesha, WI ~ Violinist and Ass’t Concertmaster
1980 – present, Bach Chamber Choir and Orchestra, Waukesha, WI ~ Violinist and Concertmaster
1978 - 2006, Les Artistes Agency, Milwaukee, WI ~ Owner and Violinist
1979 – 1984, Sinfonia Concertante, Milwaukee, WI ~ Violinist and Artistic Director
1974 – 1986, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Milwaukee, WI ~ Violinist and Violist
1974 – present, Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, Milwaukee, WI~ Violinist
Although she now spends most of her time on the West coast and Southeast Asia, her experience includes:
2015 - present, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles, CA - Violinist
2001 – 2016, Skylight Music Theatre, Milwaukee, WI ~ Violinist
2004 - 2006, Green Bay Civic Orchestra, Green Bay, WI ~ Violinist and Concertmaster
1996 – 1999, Present Music, Milwaukee, WI ~ Managing Director
1982 - 1998, Green Lake Music Festival, Ripon, WI ~ Violinist and Concertmaster
1980 – 2000, Wisconsin Philharmonic, Waukesha, WI ~ Violinist and Ass’t Concertmaster
1980 – present, Bach Chamber Choir and Orchestra, Waukesha, WI ~ Violinist and Concertmaster
1978 - 2006, Les Artistes Agency, Milwaukee, WI ~ Owner and Violinist
1979 – 1984, Sinfonia Concertante, Milwaukee, WI ~ Violinist and Artistic Director
1974 – 1986, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Milwaukee, WI ~ Violinist and Violist
1974 – present, Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, Milwaukee, WI~ Violinist
