Robert Sorel is a native of Fall River, Massachusetts. he studied at the Boston and Shenandoah Conservatories of Music and at the Blossom Chamber Music Festival, Kent State University, Kent, OH.
His instructors included members of the Boston Symphony, Cleveland Symphony and with world-renowned violinists Joseph Gingold, Stephanie Chase and Vyacheslav Uritsky with whom he studied privately and studied chamber music. Robert attended the Boston and Shanandoah Conservatories of Music and studied chamber music at the Blossom Festival, Kent State University.
He has been a featured soloist with the Washington Bach Symphonia and the New England Chamber Players and has given numerous recitals throughout the New England and the Washington, DC area. HE performed with the New York City Opera Touring Company, Capital Chamber Players, the Maryland Symphony, Millbrook Chamber Orchestra, Arlington Symphony, the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Boston Civic Orchestra and at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI, just to name a few.
In addition to his many recitals and orchestral accomplishments, he has extensive experience as a chamber music performer, performing in various String Quartets and Trios Ensembles through out the New England and the Washington, DC regions. He is presently a freelance violinist/violist, educator and conductor in the Washington, DC area.
He is a former faculty member of the Levine School of Music in Washington, DC where he taught violin and viola, coached chamber music and was the Music Director of the Levine String Ensembles. He was also a coach and music director for the Prince Williams Youth orchestras and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestras. He has taught as a String Specialist for the Fairfax County School System and was a faculty member for the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music’s Community Arts Program and the conservatory’s Summer Music Camp. He served as a faculty member of the Trinity College in Washington, DC and presently teaches for the DCYO and has a music studio is located in NE Washington, DC.
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