Marc Anderson, Viola

Marc Anderson is on leave from Gibbs & Main for one season with his new baby, Charlotte and son, Milo. We wish Marc and his wife Samantha the best as they spend their first year with Charlotte.

Marc enjoys a versatile career as an orchestral violist, chamber musician and teacher. Marc has been with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra since 2005 and is a member of the RPO Educational Quintet. An avid chamber musician, Marc frequently collaborates with his RPO colleagues in many of the area’s classical concert series, such as the Skaneateles Music Festival, Chamber Music Rochester and First Muse. As a teacher, Marc is on the string faculty of Roberts Wesleyan College and the Eastman Community Music School.

Education:

Eastman School of Music, Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Viola Performance

Eastman School of Music, Performers Certificate and Orchestral Studies Diploma

University of Rochester, Minor in German Cultural Studies and Language

Trained with:

John Graham

George Taylor

Oleh Krysa

David Arenz

Performed with:

Skaneateles Music Festival

Chamber Music Rochester

Emerson String Quartet members

Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble

Rochester Chamber Orchestra

New World Symphony (Miami, FL.)

Home town:

Lawrenceville, a suburb of Atlanta

Things he thought about doing with his life:

At different times I wanted to be a marine biologist, an academic, a computer programmer and a musician.

Favorite pre-performance ritual:

What really works for me is mental preparation and visualization, but I used to eat bananas and even tried jogging in place. Bananas are a popular pre-performance food; the Eastman Dorms used to sell out of them during juries. Must be the potassium!

What he does when he’s not making music:

Outside of music, I can usually be found grilling for friends, catching a movie at the Little Theatre, biking throughout Irondequoit, studying pop culture, admiring my lovely wife Samantha and playing with my son Milo.