MARTIN ANDERSEN
Violist and Violinist
Martin Andersen, violist and violinist, has been a member of the
Grammy-winning New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, that state’s largest arts
organization, since 1979. The NJSO performs 125 concerts each season and is
based at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in
Newark
. He is also an active freelance musician in the NY/NJ metro area. As a result,
he has had opportunities to travel: Three tours to
Japan
, one to
Korea
(performing with New York City Symphony at the 1988 Olympics in
Seoul
), two residencies/tours in
Ireland
(with the NJSO), and a US tour with Tenor Andrea Bocelli. He has also spent his
Augusts since 1990 performing both orchestral and chamber music at the Grand
Teton Music Festival in
Wyoming
.
Martin has appeared as soloist with the Hawthorne Chamber Symphony, the
Hudson Chamber Symphony, the South Orange Chamber Orchestra, and at the Bedford
Springs Music Festival.
Teaching has always been important to Martin’s musical life. Beginning
in his teens, he currently has over twenty private violin and viola students of
all ages and levels, and specializes in Talent Education (Suzuki Method). He was
Founding Faculty of Preucil School of Music, taught at the Preparatory Division
of Brooklyn College, was on the faculty of
Seton
Hall
University
, and is presently Artist-in-Residence at Stevens Institute of Technology. He
also coaches the Greater Newark Youth orchestra, a part of NJSO’s Education
Program. He has performed and taught master classes throughout
New Jersey
as a member of the GNYO and NJSO Quartets, including at
Rowan
University
.
Pestering his
parents for a violin, Martin began studies at age eight in
Iowa City
,
Iowa
, with Doris Preucil, a pioneer of the Suzuki Method in this country. Adding
viola in his teens, he graduated Cum Laude from the
University
of
Iowa
, and obtained his Master of Music degree from
Boston
University
, studying with Walter Trampler, Eugene Lehner, and William Kroll. He has also
studied privately with Karen Tuttle, John Graham, Joyce Robbins, and Toby Appel,
the latter as part of a three year Mellon Foundation Grant.
Martin and his wife, Christina, a Floral Designer, live in
Hoboken
,
NJ
.
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