Lecturer, Cello Performance / Chamber Music

Cellist Martha Gerschefski received the Performance Diploma from the Juilliard School of Music with Luigi Silva and Isidore Cohen, then studied privately in Europe with Andre Navarra, Edward Mattos, and Nadia Boulanger and earned the Diploma of Merit from the Accadmia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. She has toured Europe performing recitals under the State Department Cultural Presentations Abroad program and has presented solo concert tours in the United States and Central America. Ms. Gerschefski was the first woman selected by Leopold Stokowski for the American Symphony Orchestra, where she held the position of associate principal cello, and has been principal cellist with the Atlanta Chamber Orchestra, and the Atlanta Ballet. She has presented classes and workshops throughout the USA, Canada, and Central and South America. Honors for Ms. Gerschefski include the Koussevitzsky Prize and the Martha Baird Rockefeller grant for study abroad. She was recently selected as the American String Teachers' Association Georgia Educator of the Year and received the Georgia State University College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award for 1999-2000. Ms. Gerschefski is co-founder of the Georgia Academy of Music, began the string quartet program at The Westminster Schools of Atlanta, founded the University Cello Choir and currently serves on the faculty of the Georgia State University School of Music. She and her husband, Clint Schaum, reside in Georgia during the winter and Maine during the summer.

Office: 514 Standard

Phone: (404) 413-5945

Fax: (404) 413-5910

E-mail: musmsg@langate.gsu.edu