UNH String Project Teachers

Larry Veal is Associate Professor of cello and chamber music at the University of New Hampshire. He holds a B.S. degree in music education and a M.M. degree in cello performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to his appointment to UNH, he held positions as principal cellist of the Fort Worth Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, and as assistant professor of cello at the University of Kentucky. A frequent soloist and chamber music performer, Mr. Veal has been a member of the Concord Piano Trio, the Great Bay Chamber Players and the Allerton String Quartet. He holds the positions of principal cellist in the Granite State Symphony Orchestra as well as the Granite State Opera, is a member of the Magellan Ensemble, and is viola da gambist with the Hampshire Consort. He is the founder and director of the UNH String Project.

Louise Pajak - Master Teacher

Louise Pajak earned her Bachelor’s Degree at the Hartt School of Music and her Master’s degree at the University of New Hampshire. She is the Orchestra Director at Timberlane Regional High School in Plaistow, NH where she instituted the string program in 1983. She is also a founding production staff member of the Timberlane High School annual musical. Her students have received numerous honors and awards at local and national festivals. Mrs. Pajak is the master teacher at the UNH String Project in Durham, NH. One of her mid-career goals is to encourage the next generation of string teachers with practical, hands-on teaching experiences. She is also an active freelance cellist regularly performing with the Granite State Symphony Orchestra and Mostly Baroque.

Sarah Barker - Assistant to Director

A new-comer to New Hampshire, Sarah Barker earned her Master’s degree in violin performance and Suzuki pedagogy from the Hartt School of Music in CT. Winner of four chamber music awards from the Hartt School, Sarah has also made solo appearances with the Holberg Chamber Orchestra and performed with orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout the Southeast and New England. In past teaching experience she served on the faculty of Cadek Conservatory at the University of Tennessee, where she coordinated the Suzuki strings program and directed the Cadek Summer Violin Camp in Chattanooga,TN. Currently she teaches for the Hartt School Community Division in Hartford, CT and is building a home studio in Durham, NH. She also enjoys serving as a guest clinician for educational string workshops and camps, including most recently the Residential Summer String Camp in Tasmania, Australia.

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