ROLAND CLARK
July 2008Roland is a 13 year old home schooler who has been playing the violin for 5 years. He has studied and played both classical and country/irish music with equal enthusiasm; performances include a Mozart duo with violist Kyle Armbrust, a week-long tour with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra as a guest soloist, an appearance at Higher Ground with Yonder Mountain String Band, and playing the fiddler in Fiddler on the Roof. In August, he will perform as part of the Magic of Master Fiddlers concert in Newport, VT.
In June 2007, NPR's All Things Considered aired a radio profile on Roland, which can be heard at www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11194032
Roland's teachers have included Allen Church in Morrisville, VT, Mary Gibson in Stowe, VT, and Jon Beiler in Philadelphia. Roland has enjoyed the friendship of many musicians in the northern Vermont music scene, having played with the Mud City Ramblers, Bob Degree and the Bluegrass Storm, Tammy Fletcher's Mountain Girl, the WLVB Radio Rangers, and Stone, Coane and Sacher. Roland is a member of the Vermont Youth Orchestra, Craftsbury Chamber Youth Players, and Mark Sustic's Fiddleheads ensemble. He was the recipient of Young Tradition Concert awards in 2006 and 2007 and a Vermont Maple Festival achievement award in April 2008.
Roland lives in Johnson, Vermont with his parents, brother, and sister; in addition to playing his violin, Roland enjoys snow boarding, skating, swimming, and exploring the woods and fields around his home.
Catch Roland supporting the Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet in the HG Ballroom on July 16!
