内森Southwick
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Violin and String Pedagogy
表演者和教育家. 内森Southwick has “illuminated and enlivened” audiences and students as a solo, 室, and symphonic musician by giving engaging and distinctive concerts and classes throughout North and Central America, 英国, 法国, 德国, 奥地利, 斯洛文尼亚, 和意大利. Nathan prioritizes responsive and inclusive teaching, 不同的编程, and is an advocate for all types of music making, from performances of early music to premieres of contemporary works from across the globe.
一个永不满足的表演者. Southwick has performed as a soloist with the Utah State University (USU) Symphony, 新美国爱乐乐团, on tour with the USU Chamber Singers throughout northern Italy, as well as multiple composer “projects” including the Mozart Project in Boulder, Colorado and the Vivaldi Project in Lubbock, 德州. 作为一名室内音乐家. Southwick performed with the Elysian Quartet (the Graduate Student String Quartet at 德州 Tech University) totaling over 70 outreach concerts during his tenure with the ensemble. He was also the first violinist of the Permian Basin String Quartet’s 2018-2019 season, served as first violin of the University of North Carolina - Greensboro Graduate Student Quartet, and currently performs with the Elon Contemporary Chamber 音乐 Ensemble. In addition to contemporary performances and premiering new works, Dr. Southwick prioritizes the other side of the classical music fringe as a performer of early music, founding the USU-based “Collegium 音乐um”, now a bona fide performance practice institute.
作为一名交响小提琴家. Southwick holds leadership roles in the Utah Festival Opera Orchestra (Concertmaster/Principal Second) and Western Piedmont Symphony (Principal Second). 以前, he has held leadership positions with the Lubbock Symphony (Associate Concertmaster/Principal Second), West 德州 Symphony (Acting Principal Second), as well as Concertmaster with the USU Symphony, the University of Colorado-Boulder Symphony/Opera Orchestra, 德克萨斯理工大学管弦乐团, and the University of North Carolina-Greensboro Symphony. 另外, 他和格林斯博罗乐队一起演出, 温斯顿塞勒姆, and Fayetteville Symphonies as a section player. Dr. Southwick spends his summers performing with the Utah Festival Opera, the Seven Hills Chamber 音乐 Festival, and teaching at the Chapel Hill Chamber 音乐 Workshop.
除了表演,Dr. Southwick is an active and committed educator currently on the faculty of newbb电子平台 where he teaches violin, 字符串的方法, as well as coaches 室 music. He has served previously on the faculties of Campbell University (teaching violin, 中提琴, and leading the University String Ensemble), Gardner-Webb大学, the University of Colorado-Boulder, 和德州理工大学, and he has been a teaching assistant to three established pedagogues 安妮·查历克斯·博伊尔, 马乔里巴格利, 还有查尔斯·韦瑟比. Nathan’s commitment to inclusive excellence in teaching manifested in his dissertation, “An Exploration of Studio Cultures: Perspectives from Established Teachers of the Violin”, which investigated commonalities in how respected teachers cultivate a positive learning experience for members of their studios. Dr. Southwick takes pride in the communities he leads as a teacher.
Nathan received his DMA in Violin Performance and Pedagogy from the University of North Carolina- Greensboro where he was named a Minerva Scholar, 海耶斯的, 摩尔研究员. He earned MM degrees in Violin Pedagogy and Violin Performance, 分别, from the University of Colorado- Boulder 和德州理工大学. 内森完成了他的BM
degree in Violin Performance at Utah State University, graduating Magna Cum Laude. His primary teachers have included Rebecca McFaul and the Fry Street Quartet, Charles Wetherbee and the Takacs Quartet, 安妮·查历克斯·博伊尔, 还有玛乔丽·巴格利.