Violist Shane Barker, has
studied with Karen Ritscher, and Evelyn Luise as well as having
additional lessons with Joseph dePasquale former Principal Viola of the
Philadelphia Orchestra, and faculty members from the Manhattan School
of Music, the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute, and members of
the Lark Quartet, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Orpheus Chamber
Orchestra, and is also a chamber music student of Helen Kwalwasser and
Sidney Curtis. Shane has served as Principal and Assistant Principal
Viola of various orchestras including the Temple University Symphony
Orchestra, the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, the Bucks County Symphony
Orchestra, the Lehigh University Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Young
People's Philharmonic Orchestra of the Lehigh Valley. Frequently
in demand as a chamber musician, he recently performed the Brahms Songs
with countertenor Bryan DeSilva, in the Easton Area String Ensemble,
and as violist in two graduate quartets at Temple University. In 2008,
he appeared as soloist in "Seven Last Words" by composer Julia Alford
Fowler, and has also collaborated with composers William Dougherty,
Ronan Mariano, and Reese Revak. Shane performs on a Viola made by
Sergio Peresson in 1972. |