About
American violinist Bree Ann Fotheringham is a dedicated artist and advocate for classical music in the 21st century. A passionate collaborator, she has already shared the stage with some of the most recognized artists in the field, including Noah Bendix-Balgley, Andrew Marriner, and Clive Greensmith. As a soloist, she has appeared with the Utah Symphony, the Colburn Zipper Orchestra, the American Fork Symphony, and the Whittier Regional Orchestra, among others. Her playing has been featured on the PBS show “Now Hear This”, Vermont Public Classical, KBYU-FM’s Classical 89, and Bill McGlaughlin’s radio show “Exploring Music”. Bree has performed at notable festivals including the Edinburgh International Festival, Bay Chamber Concerts Screen Door Festival, Manchester Music Festival, Colorado College Summer Music Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival, where she was one of two violinists to receive the orchestral leadership fellowship and serve as concertmaster of the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra.
Recently, Bree was appointed a core member of the Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra, and made her debut on the Sandbar Chamber Music Series, the Phoenix Parlor Series, the Connections Chamber Music Series, and the Never Too Late Series, as well as her solo debut with the Whittier Regional Orchestra performing the Dvorak Violin Concerto. She also completed a recording project with Palaver Strings and Grammy-nominated tenor Nicholas Phan which will be released in summer 2024. A devoted curator, Bree is currently showcasing the “American Perspectives” project, which is a series of violin recitals that promote lesser-known works by American composers and recognizes the relevance of classical music within American history and culture. An avid supporter of interdisciplinary performances, she was the producer and curator of a multimedia festival, as well as several interactive concerts featuring New England Conservatory students through the competitive Nova Fellowship. She was also a performer in the premiere of Courtney Swain’s “Noisefloor,” an ambitious work that challenges the boundaries between music and dance.
Bree considers community engagement to be the most meaningful part of her career and envisions a world where classical music concerts are inviting, invigorating, and relevant experiences shared by all members of the community. She has been a recipient of several fellowships that focused on expanding the reach of classical music, including the New England Conservatory’s Community Performances and Partnerships Program’s Ensemble and Community Fellowships, and the Musician Citizen Fellowship at the American Youth Symphony. She has held residencies at the Virginia Arts Festival, performing for hundreds of K-12 students in the Virginia Beach area, and at Street Symphony, performing chamber music for those directly affected by homelessness and incarceration in Los Angeles.
A Utah native, Fotheringham studied violin with Eugene Watanabe, founder and artistic director of the Gifted Music School. She is a graduate of the Colburn Conservatory of Music where she studied with Robert Lipsett, the Jascha Heifetz Distinguished Violin Chair, and the New England Conservatory where she studied with Ayano Ninomiya. In her spare time, she can be found maintaining her travel-friendly capsule wardrobe full of thrift store finds, bagging peaks in the Mountain West, and checking off spots on her extensive restaurant bucket list at home in Boston and around the world.