Violin
BM Cleveland Institute of Music
MM Yale School of Music
COURSES TAUGHT:
Applied Violin
CONTACT INFORMATION:
773-325-4370
About
An active performer of solo, chamber and orchestral repertoire and founding member of the Jupiter Trio and the Callisto Ensemble, violinist Robert Waters has performed throughout the U.S. and abroad. Previous to his appointment to the DePaul faculty in 2003, Mr. Waters had been a member of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra since 1996, and Associate Concertmaster since 1998.
As a member of the Jupiter Trio, which has performed throughout the U.S., he was awarded First Prize in the 2002 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Osaka, Japan. Chosen from 54 ensembles representing 19 countries, the Jupiter Trio was the first American ensemble in the history of the competition to win the gold medal, and was invited to return to Japan in 2004 for an 11-city tour. The Trio’s CD on Bridge Records, featuring works of Beethoven and Shostakovich, immediately received great critical acclaim, winning the Samuel Sanders Award for Collaborative Performance from the Classical Recording Foundation. Additional recordings by the Jupiter Trio include a CD released by the Japan Chamber Music Foundation with music of Mozart, Hummel, and Dvorak; a trio by Martin Bresnick, recorded for Canteloupe Music; and a trio by fellow DePaul faculty member, Kurt Westerberg, recorded for Southport Records.
As a core member of the Callisto Ensemble (www.callistoensemble.com), Mr. Waters performs regularly in what John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune calls ‘one of the city's finest new chamber groups.’ The Callisto Ensemble performs in and outside of Chicago, programming new works by the most compelling composers of our time alongside masterworks from the past. Mr. Waters is also a featured artist on the Ensemble’s debut recording of chamber music by Augusta Read Thomas, which was released to many favorable reviews in the Fall of 2006.
Mr. Waters has appeared at such festivals as El Paso Pro-Musica, Saratoga Chamber Music Festival, Caramoor, Marlboro, and the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival in South Africa. In addition to several summers at Marlboro, Mr. Waters toured the Eastern U.S. under the Musicians from Marlboro auspices and is a featured performer on its 50th Anniversary CD. He has collaborated in performance with such noted artists as Claude Frank, David Soyer, Toby Appel, Midori, and Felix Galimir.