Scor! Faculty
Extraordinary Musicians, Teachers, & National Leading Experts
Scor! Faculty
National Leading Experts & Veterans in Adult String Instruction
Don't miss working with our extraordinary faculty, who are truly national leading experts in adult string education. After 25 years of experience, we know all about your playing successes, struggles, joys, & challenges. And we know exactly how to get you sounding even better. So, get ready for your playing to soar to the next level!
In working with our amazing faculty, you'll...
Sound Better. Become a lifelong musical learner! There are still more secrets out there to unlock. After all our extensive experience, we hold the keys! (And we'll share them unabashedly with you!)
Gain Confidence, Enthusiasm, & Passion. Our faculty are top-notch, encouraging, full of expert knowledge & extensive experience, & truly inspiring. You'll leave playing noticeably better, & gain plenty of confidence, enthusiasm, & inspiration!
Experience Fun & Enjoyment. We take learning seriously... and intersperse plenty of fun and enjoyment into the Scor! experience!
Be Inspired. Your experience will improve your technical & musical abilities, your perspective, & your musicianship. Transformational!
Campers say of Scor! faculty:
"Positive all the way. I was very impressed with how giving of themselves the faculty was. They were professional, knowledgeable, & talented." ~Kitty
"In each session & rehearsal, I learned to do very specific things, along with reasons for doing them and/or their intended purpose, and there was repetition, thematic development, and genuine enthusiasm to help the information "stick." In my book, that's the mark of excellent, liberating teaching." ~Jeanne
"My experiences with the faculty were beneficial and strengthening, the right balance of encouraging me and challenging me. They have become experts at working with adult learners, an impressive skill. ~David
The below faculty members will direct ensembles, coach, & teach classes at every workshop. Any additional faculty for individual events will be listed on each event's own page.
Beth Bultman
Ensemble Director & Coach, Scor! Program Director, Scor! Co-Founder
Ms. Bultman earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, hailed by several independent publications as a top music school in the nation. She studied violin performance, pedagogy, chamber music, and composition, and graduated with highest honors. She held concertmaster positions in the Eastman orchestras, and studied with Janet Brady, Peter Salaff, and Catherine Tait.
Ms. Bultman has played professionally since the age of 14, holding positions in orchestras in several New York cities and Heidelberg, Germany. She has participated in the National Orchestral Institute at the University of Maryland, and performed as violin soloist with the Binghamton Youth Symphony and the Roberts Wesleyan College Community Orchestra. She also played in a professional string quartet, giving formal concerts and school presentations to well over 15,000 school children in western Kentucky and upstate New York for 5 years.
As a performer, Ms. Bultman is comfortable with many styles, but specializes in classical, Celtic fiddle, sacred contemporary, and improvisational, as well as frequently performing her own compositions. She has taken masterclasses with fiddling giants Darol Anger, Mark O’Connor, Natalie McMaster, and Jeremy Kittle (Turtle Island Quartet). Beth and her husband Kyle have performed all over the country in recent years, and are known for their unusual ability to perform unique free improvisation duos, requested again and again by audience members.
Ms. Bultman has taught in various contexts for 20 years, including collegiate level instruction at Roberts Wesleyan College, Houghton College, and Binghamton University, and private studio instruction for students of all ages. Able to immediately diagnose and present solutions for technical problems, Ms. Bultman specializes in reducing tension in playing, bringing about the mind/body connection, and encouraging musical expression. She has extensive experience teaching at all levels (from beginner to conservatory), and specializes in teaching, coaching, and mentoring adult string players. Her patience and enthusiasm brings out the best in her students, and she loves presenting the opportunity for creativity and self-confidence to blossom.
Ms. Bultman composes music for strings, including solo, duo, trio, quartet, string orchestra, and fiddle. Her compositions are well loved and designated by conductors and ensembles alike as the piece they don’t want to put down after the concert. (To check out her compositions, including videos & pics, go to the Scor! Store.)
Ms. Bultman performs on a Joseph Curtin instrument. Mr. Curtin's instruments are widely used among today's best concertmasters and soloists. He is the winner of the MacArthur Genius Award as well as numerous other accolades.
Kyle Bultman
Orchestra Conductor & Instructor, Scor! CEO, Scor! Co-Founder
Having co-founded Scor! in 2001 with wife Beth Bultman, Kyle has been directint & teaching at Scor! for over 20 years. His education includes Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees (graduating with honors) in Music Performance & Literature from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.
Mr. Bultman's musical studies and training are extensive, having worked with diverse and numerous teachers, including: Private study with Peter Salaff of the Cleveland Quartet, Catherine Tait of the Eastman School of Music, and Syoko Aki of the Yale School of Music. Chamber music study with violists Phillip Ying (Ying Quartet), John Graham and George Taylor (Eastman School of Music). At the Round Top Music Festival (TX), he studied Chamber music with Ron Leonard, principal cellist of the L.A. Philharmonic, plus repertoire study with Jorja Fleezanis, concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra. At the Weathersfield Music Festival (VT), Mr. Bultman studied left-hand technique with Roland Vamos, and repertoire with artist teacher Almita Vamos, some of the leading violin/viola concert-artist instructors in the world. During his high-school years, Kyle had private violin study with Christopher Martin of the Grand Rapids Symphony, and Frank Powdermaker, then concertmaster of the Grand Rapids Symphony. At the Interlochen Arts Camp, Kyle studied bow technique with Patinka Kopec of the Manhatten School of Music.
As a member of the Genesis String Quartet, Mr. Bultman has brought educational presentations to well over 15,000 school children in western Kentucky and upstate New York. The ensemble gave several formal concert series, and participated in a residency in Madisonville, KY, a grant project in Rochester, NY, and served as artists affiliated with Young Audiences.
Mr. Bultman served as director of the first New Horizons Orchestra, inspiring him to specialize in adult string education. He also served as a teacher for early New Horizons string camps at the Chautauqua Institution, in addition to a decade of teaching private lessons to children and adults. For many years, Mr. Bultman served as a collegiate Violin Instructor at Roberts Wesleyan College, as well as directing and founding its Chamber Orchestra, a touring ensemble.
Kyle's unique abilities as a performer include his diversity of styles, flexibility, and ability as an improviser. His ensembles appreciate him as kind & patient, bringing out the best in musical expression.
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