Matthew Dane, viola*
Matthew Dane
Matthew Dane serves as Principal Violist of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra in Houston, Assistant Principal of Arizona Musicfest, and is a member of both the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado and the Boulder Piano Quartet. Chamber music festival appearances include OK Mozart, Portland (Maine), Chamber Music Quad Cities (Iowa), Ruby Mountains (Nevada), Land’s End (Calgary), and Tanglewood. With the BPQ and Jon Manasse he recorded quintets of Lowell Liebermann for Koch Records. Dane has appeared as soloist with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, ROCO, and the St. Martin’s Chamber Choir among others; his chamber performances have been broadcast on NPR’s Performance Today and BBC’s Channel 3.
Dane co-founded the Brightmusic Ensemble in Oklahoma City. Summers Dane teaches at Greenwood Music Camp for high schoolers in Cummington, Massachusetts and also teaches a well-received Boulder Violist Session. Past faculty appointments include the University of Colorado, Metro State College, and the University of Oklahoma, where he earned tenure. He actively maintains a private teaching studio in Boulder. His Doctoral Document, which examines the teaching influence of pedagogue Karen Tuttle, circulates widely among amateur and professional violists nationwide. He is the proud owner of a newly-commissioned viola d’amore made by Martin Biller. Dane served the viola community as Editor of the Journal of the American Viola Society 2004-2008 and as a Viola Society Board member at both the local and national levels. www.daneviola.com.
*photo credit: Amanda Tipton
Matthew Dane serves as Principal Violist of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra in Houston, Assistant Principal of Arizona Musicfest, and is a member of both the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado and the Boulder Piano Quartet. Chamber music festival appearances include OK Mozart, Portland (Maine), Chamber Music Quad Cities (Iowa), Ruby Mountains (Nevada), Land’s End (Calgary), and Tanglewood. With the BPQ and Jon Manasse he recorded quintets of Lowell Liebermann for Koch Records. Dane has appeared as soloist with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, ROCO, and the St. Martin’s Chamber Choir among others; his chamber performances have been broadcast on NPR’s Performance Today and BBC’s Channel 3.
Dane co-founded the Brightmusic Ensemble in Oklahoma City. Summers Dane teaches at Greenwood Music Camp for high schoolers in Cummington, Massachusetts and also teaches a well-received Boulder Violist Session. Past faculty appointments include the University of Colorado, Metro State College, and the University of Oklahoma, where he earned tenure. He actively maintains a private teaching studio in Boulder. His Doctoral Document, which examines the teaching influence of pedagogue Karen Tuttle, circulates widely among amateur and professional violists nationwide. He is the proud owner of a newly-commissioned viola d’amore made by Martin Biller. Dane served the viola community as Editor of the Journal of the American Viola Society 2004-2008 and as a Viola Society Board member at both the local and national levels. www.daneviola.com.
*photo credit: Amanda Tipton
