Dorothy Lawson Explained

Dorothy Lawson is a Canadian cellist and composer based in New York City.^{[1] [2]} She is best known as a co-founder and artistic director of the string quartet ETHEL.^{[3] [4]} On the founding of ETHEL she says, "we... realized that we were in the middle of a really powerful new upsurge of creative energy in music of our time that we were kind of the perfect vehicle for."^[5]

Prior to ETHEL, Lawson toured with Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project, Bang on a Can All-Stars and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. She was a founding member of the Rossetti and Roerich String Quartets, and served 10 years as faculty of Joseph Fuchs' Alfred University Summer Chamber Music Institute.^{[6] [7] [8]} Lawson was an orchestra member of the 2002 Off-Broadway production of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years and the 2005 Broadway production of The Woman in White.^{[9] [10]} She has been a member of the Ron Carter Nonet.^[11] Lawson appears on multiple recordings, including the GRAMMY Award-winning album ^{[12] [13]} She is a member of acclaimed Brazilian jazz pianist Marcelo Zarvos +Group.^{[14] [15]} Lawson is a graduate of the Juilliard School and a current faculty at the Preparatory Division of Mannes College at the New School.^[16] She is quoted numerous times in the book How to Grow as a Musician: What All Musicians Must Know to Succeed by Sheila E. Anderson on the topic of how to balance work and family as a working musician.^[17]

Notes and References

1. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/winnipeg-man-emc The Canadian Encyclopedia
2. "An Environmental Album Recaptured in a Concert ‘Documerica,’ at BAM, Featuring the New-Music Quartet Ethel",The New York Times, by Steve Smith, Oct. 6, 2013 https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/07/arts/music/documerica-at-bam-featuring-the-new-music-quartet-ethel.html?_r=0
3. "Traveling With a Moody Old Friend That’s Tightly Strung", The New York Times, by Dorothy Lawson, April 8, 2008 https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/business/08flier.html
4. ETHEL: IT'S ABOUT TIME., Classical Music and Dance Guide, The New York Times, November 1, 2002 https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/01/movies/classical-music-and-dance-guide.html?pagewanted=2
5. Art Works Podcast: Dorothy Lawson and Ralph Farris, of the new music quartet ETHEL, National Endowment for the Arts http://arts.gov/audio/dorothy-lawson-and-ralph-farris-new-music-quartet-ethel
6. http://www.artsahimsa.org/artists/d_lawson.htm Arts Ashima Music Festival Bio
7. http://grandcanyonmusicfest.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gcmf_large_print_september_6_2013.pdf Grand Canyon Music Festival Bio
8. http://www.newschool.edu/mannes/faculty-az/?id=4d6a-4d33-4d44-4931 Mannes Faculty
9. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dorothy-lawson-mn0000005133/credits AllMusic Credits
10. http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Dorothy-Lawson/ Broadway World Credits
11. "Jazz Bassist Ron Carter: Helping Others Sound Their Best, Famed musician is a stand-up guy", All Things Strings, by Dan Ouellette, May 2004 Web site: Jazz Bassist Ron Carter: Helping Others Sound Their Best / Interviews & Profiles / News / All Things Strings . 2015-03-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143555/http://www.allthingsstrings.com/layout/set/print/News/Interviews-Profiles/Jazz-Bassist-Ron-Carter-Helping-Others-Sound-Their-Best . 2015-04-02 .
12. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dorothy-lawson-mn0000005133/credits Allmusic Credits
13. http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,6013723,00.html Artist Direct
14. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/labyrinths-marcelo-zarvos-ma-recordings-review-by-aaj-staff.php All About Jazz review
15. http://www.allmusic.com/album/music-journal-mw0000062310 Allmusic review
16. http://www.newschool.edu/mannes/faculty-az/?id=4d6a-4d33-4d44-4931 Mannes Faculty
17. How to Grow as a Musician: What All Musicians Must Know to Succeed by Sheila E. Anderson, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., Jul 1, 2005 https://books.google.com/books?id=OYBIaZP6WuMC&dq=ron+carter+dorothy+lawson&pg=PT11