Santa Barbara Music Club Concert

Adelle Rodkey, oboist and English hornist, received her BM Degree in Music Pedagogy, magna cum laude, from Wheaton Conservatory of Music (Illinois), where she studied oboe with Carl Sonik.  A native of Santa Barbara, she was an oboe student of Anne Anderson and a piano student of Lana Bodnar and Marilyn Clemons.  Honors accorded her have included the President’s Award from Wheaton College as well as awards from the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and the Pillsbury Foundation.  Adelle performs frequently in several orchestras and chamber music ensembles, and is Instructor of Oboe in the Department of Music at Westmont College.  As a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, she maintains a private studio of oboe and piano students. 

Eric Valinsky, pianist and composer, is President of the Santa Barbara Music Club and maintains dual careers in music and computer systems architecture.  Educated at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Illinois, he earned his DMA in Music Composition from Columbia University, studying composition with Walter Aschaffenburg, Jack Beeson and Darius Milhaud and piano with Sara Crawford Drogheo and Emil Danenberg.  He was Music Director and Composer-in-Residence for the Storie-Crawford Dance Theatre Ensemble, Danny Buraczeski’s Jazzdance, Uris Bahr and Dancers, and the New American Ballet Ensemble, and was Composer-in-Residence for The Rachel Harms Dance Company and the City College of New York’s Dance Department, among others.  Dr. Valinsky is currently Music Director for the American Dance & Music Performance Group and is founder and partner of Inlineos LLC, a strategic internet consulting company.