MUSICIANS

DEBRA BIDERMAN has been performing with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra since 1967. A silver medalist in the American String Teachers’ Association Violin Competition and winner of numerous other competitions, she studied with Arianne Bronne, Richard Burgin, Raphael Bronstein and others. She was accepted to the Congress of Strings, where she performed at the Saratoga Perfoming Arts Center. Throughout her career, she has performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Adare Festival in Ireland, and has participated in numerous recordings and broadcasts. Ms. Biderman is a frequent soloist and recitalist.

Ms. Biderman is a true product of instrumental music programs in public schools. She began her violin studies in the first grade in a public school program directed by Dr. George Barnoff. Ms. Biderman played in the New Jersey All-State Orchestra for all four years of high school.

Formerly a teacher in the public schools in the New Jersey communities of Cedar Grove, Bloomfield, Tenafly, Newark, Pompton Plains and Edison Township, Ms. Biderman continues to teach privately.

Ms. Biderman has been a resident of Edison Township since 1979. She is a member of the Outreach and Development Committees of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, member of the Edison Arts Society, and a citizen activist in Edison Township where she resides with her two daughters, Janine and Laura-Jean. Laura-Jean is a competitive gymnast and dancer, and is currently learning the ropes on the flying trapeze.