Mark Fewer

In addition to collaborating with numerous chamber music ensembles, such as the Smithsonian Chamber Players and the Duke Trio, Mark Fewer is a member of the Super Nova String Quartet. From 2004 to 2008, he was concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, with which he performed several concertos. Among other works, Mark Fewer gave the Canadian premiere of John Adams’s *The Dharma at Big Sur*, which he also recently performed in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Original works are regularly composed for him, such as Bramwell Tovey’s *Nine Days Wonder* for violin and brass ensemble. Increasingly sought after as a jazz violinist, Mark Fewer presented a concert in 2009 paying tribute to Stéphane Grappelli. He teaches violin, chamber music, and improvisation at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University.