- William Fitzpatrick
William Fitzpatrick (born 1949), American violinist and conductor, is currently the director of ChamberArtsFest, an annual international chamber music festival. From 1978-1983 he was first violinist of the
New York String Quartet , ensemble-in-residence at theUniversity of California, Irvine and theAspen Music Festival .He was a student of
Dorothy Delay at theJuilliard School andStephen Clapp at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music. While at Juilliard he also studied with and served as teaching assistant forRobert Mann , first violinist of theJuilliard String Quartet .As a teacher, Mr. Fitzpatrick has taught
violin ,viola , andchamber music at universities and conservatories all over the world includingSoka University of America ,Saddleback College , the Sewanee Summer Music Center, L'Academie Internationale De Sées, L'Ecole Ressources Creatives Muiscales, The Violin Camp, Le Conservatoire Maurice Ravel, Le Conservatoire du Centre Paris,Le Conservatoire Americain de Fontainebleau , the University of California, Irvine, and theJuilliard School .As a performer, he has appeared in concert collaborations with artists such as
Patrice Fontanarosa ,Karl Leister ,Noel Lee ,Guy Deplus ,Elliot Fisk ,Claude Franck ,Itzhak Perlman ,Emanuel Ax ,Yair Kless ,Ron Leonard ,Yoko Matsuda , and ensembles such as theJuilliard String Quartet andBlair String Quartet .He has recorded for the IMA Concerts, Jubal, CRI, Sine Qua Non, and Delos labels.
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