Matthew Dane, viola

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Violist Matthew Dane enjoys a career of both teaching and playing. Living in Boulder, Colorado, he is a member of both the Boulder Piano Quartet and the newly-formed Lefthand Canyon Trio. As a chamber collaborator, he has performed with the Dorian Wind Quintet, Houston-based CONTEXT, Athelas Ensemble (Denmark), the Fischer Duo, and members of the Brentano Quartet, among others. With Orchestra 2001 in Philadelphia he performed Boulez’ monumental Le Marteau Sans Maitre. Chamber music festival appearances include OK Mozart, Portland (Maine), Chamber Music Quad Cities (Iowa), Ruby Mountains (Nevada), Land’s End (Calgary), and Tanglewood. 

He and his wife Christina Jennings founded Brightmusic, a chamber music series in Oklahoma City. Currently playing in titled chairs of both the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, Dane has also been a featured soloist with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, and ROCO. With the Boulder Piano Quartet and Jon Manasse he recorded quintets of Lowell Liebermann for Koch. His chamber performances have been broadcast on NPR’s Performance Today and BBC’s Channel 3. Teaching has long been a passion. Dane earned tenure as a Professor of Viola at the University of Oklahoma, and more recently has served on the faculties of Metro State College and the University of Colorado. He actively maintains a private teaching studio in Boulder.  In 2011 Dane will take a year away from the Texas Music Festival to teach at Greenwood Music Camp. He is inspired to teach by his own principal teachers: Philipp Naegele, Hatto Beyerle, Wayne Brooks, Karen Ritscher, and Martha Katz. Among violists nationally and internationally, Dane is proud to be a community organizer. He serves on the Board of the American Viola Society (AVS) and its local chapter in the Rockies. His Doctoral Document, which examines the teaching influence of Karen Tuttle, enjoys wide circulation among amateur and professional violists nationwide.