James Maurer
Chair, Professor, MM, Violin
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Biography

James Maurer, professor of violin, is the chair of the string department. He has studied with the great violin pedagogue Ivan Galamian, as well as Eudice Shapiro, Jascha Brodsky, Josef Gingold, and Gabor Rejto. Professor Maurer received his bachelor of music from the Curtis Institute of Music and his master of music from the University of Southern California. As a soloist, he has performed with orchestras in New York, California, Texas, and Louisiana. He has also been a prize winner in many competitions including the Munich International String Quartet Competition, the Coleman Chamber Music Competition, and the Dealy Award. Mr. Maurer is an active clinician, teaching at numerous universities around the country. He is founder of the Denver Suzuki Institute and director of the Denver Talent Education Program, and he serves on the Board of Directors of the Suzuki Association of Americas and as co-editor of the "The Violin Column" of the American Suzuki Journal.

Current Classes Taught: Violin, Chamber Music, Suzuki Seminars I & II, Violin Pedagogy and Repertoire.