Chamber Soloists of Detroit is proud to have presented Canadian violinist Scott St. John in a 3-concert tour in May of 2015 – starting with our “Just Between Us” series in Grosse Pointe and ending in Southampton, Canada, with a stop in Midland (Michigan) on the Grove Festival series.
We celebrate Scott’s Director of Chamber Music appointment at the prestigious Colburn School of Music in Los Angeles.
(Tuesday, May 22, Los Angeles) – The Colburn School is pleased to announce that violinist Scott St. John will join the Colburn School faculty as Director of Chamber Music, beginning in fall 2018. In this newly created position, St. John will lead the chamber music programs in the Colburn School’s degree-granting Conservatory of Music and pre-college Music Academy, creating a sequential and collaborative pathway of training from the youngest students to most advanced ensembles. Concurrently, the current co-Directors, Martin Beaver, Violin and Chamber Music Faculty, and Clive Greensmith, Cello and Chamber Music Faculty, will focus on individualized training for both violin and cello students. Greensmith will take over the cello faculty position previously held by Ron Leonard, who retired in fall 2017 after after an almost thirty-year tenure.
“It is truly a privilege to welcome Scott St. John to the Colburn School community,” said Lee Cioppa, Dean, Conservatory of Music. “His remarkable talents as a performing artist in chamber music, orchestras and as a soloist, as well has his dedication to the art of chamber music and its unique and specific contribution to the education of young musicians, exemplifies the excellence and virtuosic teaching that is at the core of the Colburn School experience. Thanks to the outstanding work done by Martin Beaver and Clive Greensmith, the culture of chamber music continues to infuse life at Colburn. This newly created role will support a continuum of training under Scott’s direction, from our youngest students in the Music Academy through most advanced Conservatory of Music students.”