Mara Gearman
Viola
Seattle Symphony
While still early in her career, violist Mara Gearman is already accomplished in chamber music, orchestral, and solo settings. She regularly performs with the Seattle based mavericks the American String Project and Simple Measures. Upcoming concerts will include the Olympic Music Festival, Methow Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival, and a debut with the Barston String Quartet and pianist Simon Trcepski at Benaroya Hall.
Gearman won Principal Viola (at age twenty) with the former Haddonfield Symphony, and recently with the Kansas City Symphony. Previously a tenured member of the Oregon Symphony, Mara has been appointed Third Chair Viola with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra beginning 2009-2010.
As a solo performer Gearman has won awards at the Primrose and Tertis International Viola Competitions and performed solo compositions ranging from American Alan Shulman to Hungarian Miklos Rozca. Mara recently perfomed Bartok Concerto with the New Symphony, BULGARIA, and is featured in Harold in Italy this fall with the Cascade Symphony.
A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, her primary teachers included Roberto Diaz, Pinchas Zukerman, and Karen Tuttle. Gearman is a recent addition to the Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle.
