Sterling and Strings Trio Performance

Come and see a free musical performance by the Terpsichore Trio ensemble of Sterling And Strings. They are a flute, viola, and cello trio, specializing in a wide variety of music from classical pop music and more! Come and enjoy some live music! 

                                       About Terpsichore Trio ensemble

Rebecca Rothermel, Viola

A longtime member of Sterling and Strings, Rebecca Rothermel is a tenured member of the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra, as well as the Harrisburg, West Virginia and Wheeling Symphonies. Her past positions include performing as a section violist in the Philharmonic Orchestra of Florida, and as Assistant Principal Violist in the Honolulu Symphony.

She earned her Bachelor’s in Music Performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Robert Vernon, and her Performance Diploma from Indiana University, where she worked with Alan de Vertich. Currently she is the Adjunct Professor of Viola at Washington and Jefferson College.

When Ms. Rothermel isn’t teaching, performing or rehearsing, she is a fervent collector and avid online dealer of Carnival Glass. She is the proud wife of George Clewer and loving Cat Mom to four fur babies.

Melissa Lessure, Flute

Melissa Lessure, classical flutist in Western Pennsylvania, plays with several local orchestras including the Johnstown Symphony. A past winner of the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society Competition, Ms. Lessure’s chamber group, Sterling and Strings, performs frequently for local engagements.

Ms. Lessure teaches flute at the PYCO School of Music in Wexford, PA. She has taught flute lessons at Winchester Thurston School, Volkwein’s Music Store, Franklin Regional High School, City Music Center at Duquesne University, Johnstonbaugh’s Music Center and Center for the Musically Talented, Pittsburgh Public Schools.

Melissa received her master’s degree in music from Carnegie Mellon University studying with Julius Baker and her bachelor’s degree from Florida State University studying flute with Charles DeLaney. Robert Langevin guided her musical studies in the Artist Diploma program at Duquesne University.

Ms. Lessure has performed as soloist with the Johnstown Symphony, the Westmoreland Symphony, the Southeastern Music Festival Orchestra and Carnegie Mellon University ensembles.

Please visit her website at: www.ClassicalPgh.com

Susanna Reilly, Cello

A native of Los Angeles, Susanna Reilly performed in her family piano trio at an early age. She founded a professional string quartet in high school and an award-winning piano trio at California State University, Northridge, where she studied with Peter Rejto and earned her Bachelor’s in Music. In 1995 she received her Master’s in Music Performance from Carnegie Mellon University, studying with Anne Martindale Williams. There, she formed ensembles which were awarded the prestigious Silberman Chamber Music prize for two consecutive years.

Susanna has also studied with Joan Lunde, Michael Gelfand and Daniel Rothmuller, and she has performed in masterclasses for Lynn Harrell, Sharon Robinson and Jeffrey Solow. Susanna participated in the Taos, Blomstedt, L.A. Philharmonic Institute, Chautauqua and Roundtop music festivals, toured the (then) Soviet Union with string quartet, and is a silhouette in the movie Fantasia 2000. She has been the featured soloist in both the Dvorak and Shostakovich concertos.

Since 2006, she has been on the Adjunct Faculty at Allegheny College, where she can be heard in solo and chamber music concerts. Susanna performs in regional orchestras including the Wheeling and Youngstown symphonies and is a founding member of Sterling and Strings.