Natalie Kriegler
Artistic Director & 1st Violinist
Ms. Kriegler received an Artist’s Diploma from The Manhattan School of Music for Solo Violin Performance. She has appeared as a violin soloist with The Vermont Symphony Orchestra, The Amphion Chamber Orchestra, The Mohawk Trails Chamber Orchestra, and with The Capriccio Ensemble. She has been a featured recitalist at The Empire State Plaza and has been critically acclaimed: Dardis McNamee a music critic in upstate NY: “As violinist Natalie Kriegler draws her bow, a rich elegant sound fills the hall, well articulated and alive. She is equally at home with music of many styles and with the melodic as well as the technical. Her Sunday afternoon recital was highlighted by an exquisite performance of the “Melodie” from the opera Orpheus and Euridice by Gluck and by an unusually warm and charming rendition of three movements from the Bach “Partita No. 3 in E Major”. ” Her other credits include: she has been the concertmistress for Joel Grey, Jerry Vale, The NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players, and has also performed for Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole (including for the televised The Natalie Cole Christmas Special for PBS), Jay Black, Gladys Knight, Connie Francis, Mel Torme, Dionne Warwick, Smokey Robinson, Barry White, and many other well-known artists.
From TV “spots” for the CBS Evening News, to advertisements for Coca Cola, Amtrak, AMC Classics, Volvo, Nickelodean, and many others Ms. Kriegler has played on many acclaimed recordings for artists such as Billy Joel (An Innocent Man) and for Kiri Tekanawa (Kiri Sings Gershwin) and is in demand as an experienced, professional commercial recording violinist.
Ms. Kriegler has produced numerous chamber music concerts and has helped to coordinate major events which have involved 20 violinists of The Capriccio Ensemble in performance at events which have been overseen and produced by internationally known event planner Colin Cowie. Natalie is the violinist who performed at the wedding ceremony of
Jerry Seinfeld and Jessica Sklar along with fellow String Trio members of The Capriccio Ensemble on Christmas night, 1999.
Our clients occasionally ask "What other orchestra's or groups do you perform with currently?" and Natalie would like to address this!
Due to the great success of The Capriccio Ensemble in recent years, Music Director,
Natalie Kriegler, now works nearly full time as the secretary, consultant and
musical coordinator for this critically acclaimed and much-talked about ensemble!
She organizes all of the weddings, events, and concerts performed by the ensemble
and soloists, and performs at as many as possible.
In addition to her role as the Music Director of The Capriccio Ensemble and her role as the President of our newly incorporated company Scarlett Music Inc, Natalie is also "on call" for several recording music contractors in New York. Most recently Natalie (along with fellow violinist and member Regis Iandiorio) recorded the string music for a Nickelodeon TV show for "Nick Jr" called Power Pets. Her jingle credits include Coke, Diet Coke, Amtrak, and the String Quartet performance (with violinist Regis Iandiorio) for the original music recorded and utilized to promote "Nick at Night" for Nickelodeon.
In addition to all of the above, Natalie has a small class of private violin lesson students whom she teaches each week near her Westchester County residence.
If you would like to see a resume of her past "free-lance" orchestral and other credits, please place your request in the Comments box of our Demo Request Form.
Her performances in the greater NY area have included Broadway shows such as Grand Hotel, Guys and Dolls, Hello Dolly, Damn Yankees, Phantom of the Opera, and Les Miserables. Natalie has also performed in orchestras such as Music Sacra and The Brooklyn Philharmonic, and has served as concertmistress for The NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players and a run of My Fair Lady at The Westbury, NY Music Fair.
Natalie's audition tape was accepted (one of 10 tapes accepted, out of more than 400) by the greatest orchestra in the world The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra audition committee.
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