“Ella Fredrickson has an awesome range of musical knowledge,” writes John Fleming in Sunday’s (5/20) Tampa Bay Times (Florida). “As principal librarian of the Florida Orchestra, it’s her job to know the scores right down to every last note and tempo marking, but her musical intelligence is still unusually impressive. … Last weekend, Fredrickson, 50, became president of the Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association at its 30th annual meeting, held in New Orleans. It’s an important honor to head the organization, which represents 270 member symphonic, opera, ballet and conservatory orchestras on four continents. Librarians deal with all sorts of musical issues, from preparation of scores for performance to cutting-edge technology to copyright and licensing. With the possible exception of music director Stefan Sanderling, Fredrickson knows the music in a Florida Orchestra season better than anyone. She is responsible for the preparation of it all, from masterworks to pops to coffee concerts and everything in between. … Fredrickson is also a cellist. With a performance degree from the University of Miami, she is a good enough player to sit in with the orchestra’s cello section occasionally.” Bob Devin Jones, artistic director of Studio@620 in St. Petersburg, Florida, describes Frederick as “an ambassador for the orchestra.”
Photo by Jim Lennon
Posted May 21, 2012
