SIMON JAMES

STUDIO VIOLIN TEACHER

Simon James has been a member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra,  Mostly Mozart Orchestra, and is currently the Second Assistant Concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he serves as concertmaster of the Seattle Chamber Orchestra and has performed as guest concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony and the Bolshoi Theatre’s production of Swan Lake. Mr. James is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music where his teachers include Erick Friedman and Syzmon Goldberg. While attending the Manhattan School he performed in the Master Class of Henryk Szeryng, Joseph Gingold, the Tokyo Quartet, the American Quartet and members of the Beaux Arts Trio.

Mr. James has performed as soloist with the Seattle Symphony on several occasions, and has acted as Concertmaster on many occasions. He has also led the orchestra of the Seattle Opera in productions of Der Rosenkavalier, La Boeheme, Julius Ceasar, The Flying Dutchman and is currently leading the orchestra in Seattle Opera’s current production of Iphegenie en Tauride. He is an active teacher with a large studio of gifted students and is the newest addition to the highly regarded “Coleman Studio. An active recitalist, chamber musician and recording artist, Mr. James is married to Flutist Erin James and is the proud father of Felicity and Bronwyn James. He performs on a J.B. Vuillaume violin made in Paris in 1860.