Evan S. -- (Violin, Viola, Cello)
Education
Yale School of Music - New Haven, CT - September 2008-May 2010
Received Master of Music degree in September 2010
Student of Syoko Aki
Played under conductors Peter Oundjian, Reinbert de Leeuw & Kzrysztof Penderecki
Oberlin Conservatory of Music - Oberlin, OH - 2004-2008
Received Bachelor of Music degree - May 2008
Concertmaster (2007) – Oberlin Conservatory Orchestra
*Soloist for Rimsky-Korsakov's ‘Scheherazade’
Student of Milan Vitek and Per Enoksson
String Pedagogy class with Joanne Erwin
Played under conductors Simon Rattle, David Zinman & Robert Spano
Interlochen Arts Camp - Interlochen, MI - Summer 2004
Maddy Award Recipient - One given for each instrument as determined by faculty vote
Winner, Concerto Competition – performed ‘Poeme’ by Ernest Chausson
Concertmaster - World Youth Symphony Orchestra
Student of William Preucil
Played under Girard Schwartz and Jung-Ho Pak
Pre-College Training - Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN - 2003-2004
String Quartet coachings with Tom Rosenberg - Twin Cities, MN 2003-2004
Performed at Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
Minnesota Youth Symphonies 2002-2004
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies 1999-2002
Professional Experience
Orchestral Performance
Minnesota Orchestra section sub performances - Minneapolis, MN - July 2011-January 2012
New Haven Symphony Section Violin - New Haven, CT - September 2010 - June 2011
Eastern Connecticut Symphony Section Violin - New London, CT - September 2010 - May 2011
Waterbury Symphony - Waterbury, CT - 2009-2010
Music Teaching
Faculty Member of the String Academy of Southern Minnesota, Owatonna, MN-September 2011-present
CollaborativeOutreach performance/teaching through the New Haven Symphony - various, CT - 2011
Music in Schools Teacher/Performer – Outreach work through Yale School of Music - 2008-2010
Violin Instructor for two Yale College undergraduate students - New Haven, CT - 2008-2009
Violin Instructor for three Oberlin College students -Oberlin, OH - 2006-2008
Violin Instructor for two beginning students - Crystal, MN – 2003-2004
Honors & Distinctions
-Invited to participate in 9th International Carl Nielsen Violin Competition - June 2012, Odense, Denmark
-Honorable Mention & solo performance engagement, Kenwood Symphony, Masters Concerto & Aria Competition - Minneapolis, MN, November 2011
-Participated in the 10th International Mozart Competition - February 2011, Salzburg, AT
-Runner-up for the Knoxville Symphony section violin audition - August 2010
