Martha Walvoord · Violin

Martha Walvoord, Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Texas at Arlington, is an active chamber musician, soloist and recitalist. Dr. Walvoord has performed across the United States, Spain and Costa Rica. This year, recital and concerto appearances will take her to China, Hong Kong, Chicago, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, and the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Last summer, Dr. Walvoord recorded the complete works for violin by Matthew Tommasini for Centaur Records.

Originally from Michigan, Dr. Walvoord was the Concertmaster of the West Shore Symphony Orchestra in Muskegon, MI and is a founding member of the Envision Chamber Consort, a non-profit chamber ensemble dedicated to new music. As a chamber musician, Dr. Walvoord has performed on Leonard Nimoy's Chamber Music Series in Los Angeles, CA, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.

As an educator, Walvoord has served on the faculties of the Ann Arbor School for the Performing Arts, Interlochen-All State, Friends Music Camp, and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. This summer, Walvoord will be teaching at the Hong Kong Youth Music Camp. Dr. Walvoord has given master classes at schools across Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington.

Walvoord earned her DMA and her MM at the University of Michigan and her BM at Rice University. Her primary teachers were Andrew Jennings and Kathleen Winkler.