Viola

Viola Studio

The viola studio provides high quality education for students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Our mission is to prepare local, out-of-state and international students to succeed in a variety of careers in music: soloist, orchestra and chamber musician, and string educator. This preparation includes access to tracks in performance, chamber music, music education and string pedagogy. The student experience is enhanced by master classes offered by faculty and guest artists and performance opportunities in solo and chamber music settings on and off campus. Students interested in pedagogy and music education tracks can benefit from internships or clinics through the UWM String Academy, Milwaukee Public Schools and local strings programs such as Latino Arts or the Milwaukee Youth Symphony orchestra (MYSO).

Ensemble Opportunities

• Chamber Ensembles
• Orchestras

Guest Artists

Viola Master Class Guest Artists at UW-Milwaukee have included Peter Slowik, Tony Devroye, Matthew Michelic and Richard O’Neill.

Alumni

UWM viola students have won positions with the Utah Symphony, Grant Park Music Festival, and the Sheboygan Symphony. They have also performed with the Chicago Philharmonic, the Joffrey Ballet, the Kenosha Symphony, the Wisconsin Philharmonic, the Lakeview Orchestra, the Oistrakh Symphony and the Festival City Symphony.

In addition to starting their own viola studios, our graduates have secured teaching positions that include joining the faculty at Lawrence University, the String Academy of Wisconsin, the Latino Arts String Program- Milwaukee, and the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Programs.

Faculty

Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff

• Adjunct Professor, Viola

• lasareff@uwm.edu
• Music Building 115

Bernard Zinck

• Associate Professor, Violin
• Area Head, Strings and String Pedagogy
• Chamber Music Coach

• bzinck@uwm.edu
• 414-243-2884
• Music Building 441