PAST

Anthony took his first violin lesson in 1968 at the age of 6. He then entered into a life of music lessons,

summer camps at Tanglewood, concertmaster of New Haven Youth Symphony, as well as attending

New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. At Berklee School of Music, he expanded beyond

classical and orchestral playing to study jazz, theory and improvisation.

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At 22, he set off to Alaska to find out how to be a well rounded person who also played the violin. In

addition to attaining his private pilot license, he studied many forms of holistic therapies to address the

injuries he was sustaining from countless hours of violin practice, including deep tissue massage, Tai

Chi, integrative breath work and neuromuscular repatterning.

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In 1991, he moved to Boulder Colorado and entered the path of becoming a professional musician.

He began performing and touring the country with musical groups playing world music, jazz fusion,

Latin & Klezmer. He began teaching lessons and studying the art of teaching with the acclaimed

teacher Bill Starr, one of Shinichi Suzuki’s direct students.

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Over the next two decades, he continued performing, teaching, & composing. His live

improvisational skills were used in accompanying dance classes for Naropa University, supporting the

improvisational theatre group, Playback Theatre West, as well as supporting a live performance of the

world renown poet and Rumi translator, Coleman Barks. His original music was used in films, theater,

and his compositions adapted for choral and orchestral performances. He developed a relationship

with Shining Mountain Waldorf School teaching music as well as recording his own album of original,

layered compositions, Finding Sanctuary.

 

 

PRESENT

Now in his sixties, Anthony’s core philosophy supports what Shinichi Suzuki taught, “Music exists for

the purpose of growing an admirable heart.” He is motivated to offer all students & their families a

space to cultivate the integrity & innocence of their humanity as well as to joyfully play music whether

that be to play one note clearly or become a professional musician. The important aspect being

recognizing and developing our basic goodness as human beings and expressing that clearly through

what we do.

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He currently runs a full Suzuki teaching studio of 30 students in Boulder, Colorado as well as offering

online instruction for adult performers wishing to take their playing to the next level.

He performs with Motus theatre, a social justice theatre group that seeks to promote undervalued and

underrepresented voices in our culture.

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He offers his live music to small groups in what he calls “Sanctuary of the Heart”, a space to sit or lie

down and rest, be held by, & led back to the fundamental love & presence that unites us all.

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He lives with his partner and their children in the beauty of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, where

they grow gobs of vegetables in their greenhouse.