Meet Our Musicians: Samuel Thompson, Violin

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Mid-Atlantic Symphony violinist Samuel Thompson enjoys a career as a performer, educator, journalist, and arts administrator. Recent solo appearances include the premiere of playwright Bill Barclay’s The Black Mozart at the Tanglewood Music Center and the East Coast premiere of Florence Price's Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey. An active member of the regional arts community, Samuel regularly appears with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia’s Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, and several ensembles in Washington DC.

Samuel has performed in venues including The REACH at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, August Wilson African-American Cultural Center, Wortham Theatre Center and Koerner Hall in addition to numerous concerts and recitals in cities including New Haven, Washington DC, Baltimore, Austin, Chicago, Miami, and both Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina. Internationally, he has been appeared on stages in the Bahamas, Guadeloupe, and Cameroon, and participated in the National Repertory Orchestra, Spoleto Festival USA, the Gateways Music Festival, the Colour of Music Festival and the International Saint-Georges Festival.

Samuel received the Master of Music degree from the Shepherd School of Music where he studied with Kenneth Goldsmith and Raphael Fliegel. He also studied at Oklahoma State University and the University of South Carolina. Samuel is a recipient of the Sphinx Organization’s MPower Artist Grant and Artistic Assistance Awards from Alternate ROOTS.