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Quinton I. Morris enjoys a multifaceted career as a concert violinist, chamber musician, teacher, director and founder of The Young Eight String Octet.  He has performed solo and chamber music performances in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.  Recent concert appearances include a recital with Metropolitan Opera soprano Indra Thomas and Byron Schenkman at Benaroya Hall, concerto performances at the Champs-Elyseé Theatre in Paris, France, the Guildhall School in London, England, the Roman Catholic Theatre in Bohn, Germany and the Austin Chamber Music Center Chamber Orchestra in Austin, Texas.  He is the recipient of numerous competition awards including The Boston Conservatory Chamber Music Honors Competition, the Louisiana Junior Philharmonic Orchestra Young Artist’s Concerto Competition, Seattle Philharmonic Concerto Competition, the NAACP ACT-SO Competition, the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs String Competition and the Ebony Showcase Music Award.

Quinton is a fellowship student pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at The University of Texas at Austin studying violin with Daniel Ching, first violinist of the Miró String Quartet.   He began his studies at Xavier University of Louisiana, where he studied Pre-Law and violin with Rachel Jordan.  He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from The North Carolina School of the Arts and a Master of Music degree from The Boston Conservatory.  His past teachers include Lynn Chang, Max Levinson, Irina Muresanu and Walter Schwede. 

 

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