Musician Spotlights - Hal Grossman, Violin

Up next, and joining us for his second concert with RVS in January as Acting Assistant Concertmaster, Hal!

I’m currently the violin professor at the University of Oregon.  Previously, I was the violin professor at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, and 1st violinist of the Oxford String Quartet and professor of violin at Miami University and University of Oklahoma.

 I started playing piano at age 2 and continued through high school. But I started playing the violin because we could elect either a class period of math or a class period of violin in elementary school…and I picked violin! I love all music but have a special place in my heart for Mozart.

This will be my first season with RVS but I enjoyed playing the holiday concert with them in 2019. Martin is just an amazing conductor and the energy and camaraderie in the ensemble was wonderful.

I’m a yoga enthusiast and I like to work out and bike. 

Much of my time these days is spent performing, teaching and also giving musician health workshops and seminars. The Grossman Method is a course of study I developed back in 2004 and its kept me busy ever since with conferences and retreats in North America and in Europe!