About Us
Staff
Leonard Matczynski
Executive and Artistic Director
With a career in the performing arts spanning 30 years, Leonard Matczynski has worked as a concert violist, teacher, and arts administrator. As the director of Apple Hill, he makes decisions that shape Apple Hill’s performance and administrative structure, its concert and touring programs, the Playing for Peace™ initiative, its long-range plans, and the development of new programs. He is the spokesman for Apple Hill’s mission and its representative to the music community, patrons, and audiences. As a concert violist, he studied with Martha Strongin Katz, Heidi Castleman, and Karen Tuttle, participated in chamber music studies with members of the Budapest, Cleveland, and Guarneri Quartets, and pursued advanced studies at the International Musician's Seminar in Prussia Cove, England with Sandor Vegh. He has been a soloist with many musical organizations, as well as a guest artist in summer festivals at Aspen, Tanglewood, Marlboro, Monadnock Music, and Pepsico Summerfare. In addition, Mr. Matczynski has been deeply involved in the training and mentoring of young performing artists. He has been on the faculty of The Walnut Hill School for the Arts, New England Conservatory of Music, and the Tanglewood Music Center, and is currently on the viola and chamber music faculty of The Boston Conservatory and Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music. From 1993-2007, he was the founding Executive Director of Emmanuel Music in Boston, MA, and was responsible for the organization’s development through the production of over 200 cantatas of J.S. Bach. He also founded Emmanuel Music’s chamber series and expanded Emmanuel Music’s innovative concert series. He has taken Emmanuel Music on tours of the U.S. and Europe with choreographer Mark Morris and stage director Peter Sellars, and has co-produced six highly-acclaimed compact discs with Emmanuel Music— among them, a Bach Cantata disc with Lorraine Hunt Lieberson that was named one of the top CDs of 2003 by the New York Times.
Contact: lenny@applehill.org
Richard Anderson
Buildings and Grounds Manager
Contact: richard@applehill.org
Emer Meehan
Summer and Community Connections Coordinator
Emer Meehan is a long time Apple Hill summer participant, Camp Director and was one of the first Irish Playing for Peace™ scholarship recipients. She holds a degree and masters in Law from University College Dublin. Still an enthusiastic chamber musician, she was part of a tutoring program with the RTE Vanbrugh Quartet in 2009. In addition to working as the Summer Coordinator, Emer is also working on a PhD in Juvenile Justice.
Contact: emer@applehill.org
Valerie Van Meier
Administrative Coordinator
Contact: val@applehill.org