Cornelia McGiver

Bassoonist Cornelia McGiver works regularly in the Mohawk Valley, Hudson Valley, New York and New Haven areas. She has performed frequently with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra New England, Live Music Project, The Orchestra NOW, Canterbury Choral Society, Trinity Chorale, Cappella Cantorum, Broad Street Chamber Players, and numerous other.

Cornelia is proud to be a member of the exciting and newly formed Fenimore Chamber Orchestra (www.fenimore-orchestra.org) out of Cooperstown, NY; and she is delighted to be a member of the Woodstock Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Mina Kim.

Notable ensembles include Madera Vox, NorthWinds, and Crow Ensemble (of many bassoons). She teaches privately and at Bard College. Cornelia had the privilege of studying with broad-minded, passionate, and scholarly teachers including Luis Garcia-Renart, Kim Laskowski, David Krakauer and more.

When, a few years ago Cornelia mentioned to a friend her interest in learning the accordion, she was gifted that very day with the option of three instruments, which landed on her doorstep. She began learning folk tunes on the accordion, and so it is with a full heart and tongue slightly in cheek that she now offers memorial music for the passing of beloved pets (Elgar’s Nimrod, Barber’s Adagio, Satie’s Gnossienne #1, and folk tunes in minor keys…).

On her days off she runs a performance space and occasional bistro in West Fulton, NY (panthercreekarts.com). And on her other days off she runs her own speech pathology business in New Paltz, NY (communicatetoconnect-c2c.com).