the Performing Arts, Grand Teton Music Festival, and Ann Arbor May Festivals. Among her engagements for September, 2004-2005 season are performances of the Mendelssohn Piano Concerto and Sergei Rachmaninov-Paganini Variations with the Augusta Symphony; Schumann Piano Concerto with the Curtis Institute Orchestra in Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall; Shostakovich Concerto No. 1 with the Philadelphia Classical Symphony and S. Rachmaninov-Paganini Variations with Rutgers University Orchestra in Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall. Starr was a Distinguished Professor at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. She has appeared on hundreds of television programs including The Tonight Show. The most recent one is Performance Today. Personal life Starr has two children, Lori Amada, and Eric Amada. Lori followed her mother's footsteps with an invitation to the White House followed by a performance for President Ronald Reagan. Lori Amada has performed as French horn soloist with orchestras around the world on more than fifty occasions, and as an orchestral musician has received high praise from conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, and Aldo Ceccato. Miss Amada was graduated from The Curtis Institute of Music, the third generation to attend the prestigious school. Eric has his own Artist Management company. Susan's father, Isadore Schwartz, died in 1981 at the age of 85. He started this long line of musicians. Isadore attended the Curtis Institute of Music and later became the Principal Second Violinist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Recordings Bach: French Suite No. 5; English Suite No. 3; Partitas Nos. 1 & 2, Susan Starr, May 11, 1999, Hallmark, ASIN: B00000IGJF Rachmaninoff; R. Strauss Cello Sonatas, Boeckheler, Susan Starr, June 20, 1996, Mastersound, ASIN: B00008FER6 Mendelssohn: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 / Tchaikovsky: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 50 - The Starr-Kim-Boeckheler Trio, Starr-Kim-Boeckheler Piano Trio, Chin Kim, June 20, 1996, Mastersound, ASIN: B00008FER3 Premiere Chamber Works / Sara Lambert Bloom, Susan Starr, Sara Lambert Bloom, Julius Baker, 06/20/1995, Centaur Records, Catalog #2217 References External links Artist website Curtis Institute of Music alumni Rutgers University faculty Living people Prize-winners of the International Tchaikovsky Competition Musicians from Philadelphia Year of birth missing (living people)