Martha Koljonen

Artist Associate in Violin
Sloan Music Center B 016

P. O. Box 7131
Davidson, NC 28035-7131
704.894.2828
704.894.2593 (fax)

FEDEX/UPS
209 Ridge Road
Davidson, NC 28036-7131

Martha Koljonen, Artist Associate in Violin, joined the Davidson College Music Department in 1996. She has been active as a teacher and performer of orchestral and chamber music in the Charlotte and Davidson areas since 1980. At that time, she served as Concertmaster of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and violinist of the Nikos Piano Trio. She has taught at Southern Park Music School and has maintained a private violin teaching studio. In addition to the Charlotte Symphony, her extensive orchestral experience includes the Savannah Symphony (as Concertmaster), the Alabama Symphony, the Virginia Symphony (Assistant Concertmaster), the Philadelphia Lyric Opera, and as an extra with the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.  Many of her summers have been spent performing with the Santa Fe Opera, Eastern Music Festival, St. Paul Opera, and Chautauqua Festival Orchestras.Ms. Koljonen is also in demand as a violist, having taught viola at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, while playing viola in the New Cadek Piano Quartet.Other chamber music groups have included the Chamber Soloists of Savannah, the Akashic Ensemble, the Birmingham Musica Antiqua, the Columbine Quartet, Nikos Piano Trio, Chamber Music at St. Peter’s, and most recently, Martha Koljonen and Friends, an ensemble comprised of violin, cello, clarinet, and piano.Ms. Koljonen is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, having studied violin there with David Cerone. Chamber music coaching at the Cleveland Chamber Music Seminar included sessions with Joseph Gingold, Arnold Steinhardt, David Soyer, and Robert Newkirk. Martha also attended Temple University and the New School of Music in Philadelphia, where she studied with Jascha Brodsky and received chamber music coaching from Edgar Ortenberg, Geoffrey Michaels, and Michael Haran. Martha continues her orchestra and chamber music career, combining performing with teaching. Her goal is to bring the enjoyment of music to audiences and performers alike, specializing in helping musicians overcome concert anxiety.

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