David Rose
Viola
The Keith F. & Katherine B. Dufrane Trust Chair
David Rose has served as a titled player of numerous orchestras, including Associate Principal of the Vancouver Symphony, Principal Viola of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, and Acting Assistant Principal of the San Francisco Symphony. Also active as a baroque performer, he has toured and recorded with Toronto’s Tafelmusik.
Mr. Rose studied viola at the University of British Columbia, and Indiana University. His main teachers included Gerald Stanick, Atar Arad, and Stanley Ritchie.
He serves as associate professor of Viola at Fredonia State University (New York) and teaches in the summer at the Rocky Ridge Young Artists Seminar in the Colorado Rockies, the Fredonia Summer String Festival, and the Castleman Quartet Program. In the Spring term of 2024, he was a visiting viola professor at the University of Maryland (College Park).
When not teaching or playing, David enjoys playing games with his family, audiobooks, and trying to keep plants alive.
+ One year appointment
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