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Mary Wheelock Javian, Double Bass

Mary Wheelock Javian is an active performing and teaching artist. She performs frequently with the Philadelphia Orchestra as well as the Iris Chamber Orchestra in Germantown, Tennessee, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Philly Pops, the Pennsylvania Ballet and the Opera Company of Philadelphia. As a chamber musician, Ms. Javian has performed and recorded with Network for New Music, is Co-Director and resident bass player with the 9th Street Chamber Project and is a regular guest performer with the Apple Hill Chamber Players. During the summer, she currently holds faculty positions at the Kinhaven School of Music in Vermont and the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music in New Hampshire. A passionate advocate for music education, Ms. Javian has been a teaching artist for five years and is currently a Program Coordinator for the School Partnership Program at the Philadelphia Orchestra. A graduate of the Curtis Institute, Ms. Javian studied with Harold Robinson, principal bassist of the Philadelphia Orchestra.