Cynthia 'Chelle Clarambeau Reed
1961
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'Chelle Reed, violinist, has performed extensively as a
soloist and ensemble participant and taught lessons for over 35 years. She has also pursued a career as a
leader and therapist in helping others with behavioral problems.
'Chelle
was born in Eugene, Oregon, and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, one of two
children adopted by Lyle and Florence Bernhardt Clarambeau.
She was raised in a home where music was a central part of life, her mother
being a piano teacher at several Seventh-day Adventist academies and colleges.
She started violin lessons at age four and began teaching lessons at age
fourteen.
'Chelle
was involved in music ensembles throughout her grade school years and at Blue
Mountain Academy in Pennsylvania, where she graduated in 1979. That fall she
enrolled at Columbia Union College, now Washington Adventist University, as a music major and then later transferred to Union College in
Nebraska, where she continued her work on a music degree. She was inspired in
her music studies by teachers Robert Walters, Edith Gates, and Glenda Bailey.
Although she did not complete a degree at that time, she has recently begun the
process of resuming study and completing it.
An
accomplished performer from her earliest years, 'Chelle
was the recipient of many awards and scholarships. Today she maintains a private studio,
is a frequent soloist, is a member of the Henderson Symphony Orchestra in
Nevada, and is principal violinist in a string quartet, Grace Notes, that she started. A number of her students have also
received recognition and awards for their playing.
She has worked as a therapist
in the area of chemical dependency and domestic violence and has done public
speaking at conferences about working with these behavioral challenges. She is
also founder and president of McReed Ministries, a
homelessness and recovery service.
She works full-time in a
unique program for prison and jail inmates, many of whom have little if any
hope in their lives. Angela O'Callaghan, Ph.D., of the University of Nevada
Cooperative Extension, an Area Specialist in Social Horticulture, recently
talked about the work she and 'Chelle do and her
discovery that she was also a musician:
Most of the time, I work with 'Chelle in an innovative horticulture program for prison and
jail inmates.
How extraordinary she is in that coordinator capacity - making sure that our
students obtain the highest level of training that we can offer. When I learned
that she played the violin, I was astonished even before I had the opportunity
to hear her play. As a musician myself, I am delighted to see that not only is
she technically gifted (terrifically so) but she pours as much of her generous
spirit into the music as she does into her work with human beings.
In 1988 she married Brad
Reed, a musician and recording engineer who owns Heavenly View Music and
Recording Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada. Most recently he recorded and produced
a CD, Strength for Today . . . Hope for Tomorrow, featuring her as
violin soloist. It features traditional hymns chosen by her and arranged by her
accompanist, Nelson Hall, within the context of well known
classical piano works such as Clair de Lune and the Moonlight Sonata.
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Source:
Information provided by 'Chelle Clarambeau
Reed, May 2011; CD liner on Strength for
Today . . . Hope for Tomorrow.