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Barton Samuel Rotberg, Lecturer in Violin and Chamber Music at Baldwin Wallace University and concertmaster of the Lakeland Civic Orchestra, enjoys a busy career as a teacher, chamber and orchestral musician, and soloist. He has performed as a violinist in the U.S., Canada, France, Costa Rica, and Mexico. (link hidden) described his performance stating, “The violinist’s timbre in the first movement was simply stunning” and “Rotberg’s full violin sound lent charm and beauty”. Solo engagements have included appearances with the Erie Chamber Orchestra, Pittsburgh Philharmonic, Warren Philharmonic Orchestra of Ohio, Amherst Chamber Orchestra of New York, and the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Orchestra performing the celebrated concerti of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Bach and others. He served for three seasons as concertmaster of the Southwest Symphony Orchestra in Illinois. Since living in the Cleveland area, Rotberg has been a member of the Cleveland Opera Orchestra and has served as a guest concertmaster for the Ashland Symphony, Warren Philharmonic, Suburban Symphony, and Opera Project Columbus Orchestras. He has also played with the City Music Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, Akron Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony, and Illinois Philharmonic Orchestras.
Highlights of Rotberg’s chamber music activity have included the Davanti Trio, an ensemble in residence with the Flint Symphony Orchestra and endowed by an original founder of General Motors, Dr. Rotberg performed locally and abroad and was a prizewinner in the International Chamber Music Competition in Boston. He was also a member of the D’Angelo Trio, in residence at Mercyhurst University. In addition, his chamber music performances have been heard on WQLN FM Erie radio and WCLV FM Cleveland.
Dr. Rotberg has been teaching for more than 20 years. His students have been invited into music degree programs at Cincinnati and Oberlin Conservatories, DePaul, Case Western Reserve, and Bowling Green State Universities as well as prestigious summer festivals including the American Institute of Music in Austria, the Pierre Monteux, and Green Mountain. Pre-college aged students have been concertmasters in youth and All-State Orchestras and prizewinners of local competition prizes. While a student at Michigan State University, he taught undergraduate and graduate students as an assistant to Professor Dmitri Berlinsky. Upon finishing his degrees he served as Assistant Professor of Music at Mercyhurst University’s D’Angelo Department of Music and has given master classes at Interlochen Arts Academy, the CMS Music Program in Ulsan, Korea, the Conservatoire de Limonest in France, and University of New Mexico. He has also been an adjudicator for the Tuesday Musical Competition in Akron, Music Teacher’s National Association competition for the local and national finals levels, and the Lakeland Civic Orchestra concerto competition. Additionally to teaching and performing, Rotberg is an instrument enthusiast. His two articles, Old and New Violins, a New Perspective on an Old Dilemma, Parts 1&2, were featured as top blog entries in the widely followed (link hidden).