Michael Roth, Principal Second Violin

Michael Roth, Principal Second Violin of the Westchester Philharmonic, is a native of Scarsdale, NY and received his early musical training with Frances Magnes at the Hoff-Barthelson Music School. He attended Oberlin College and Conservatory, continuing his studies with Marilyn McDonald. At Oberlin, he won the Kaufman Prize for violin and First Prize in the Ohio String Teacher's Association Competition. He completed his Master of Music degree at the University of Massachusetts where he worked with the distinguished American violinist and pedagogue Charles Treger and was a recipient of the Julian Olevsky Award. Mr. Roth is a member of American Composers Orchestra, the New York Chamber Symphony, Philharmonia Virtuosi, the EOS Orchestra, the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, the Orchestra of the American Ballet Theatre, and Principal Second Violin of the New York Pops. He has been concertmaster of the Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra for many years and has often appeared as soloist there, as well as at the Caramoor and Bard Music Festivals. He plays with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the New York Chamber Soloists and tours with both groups nationally and internationally. As a chamber musician, Mr. Roth has collaborated with artists such as Eugene Drucker, Menahem Pressler, Steven Doane, Hamao Fujiwara and members of the Brentano, Manhattan and Ying Quartets, and recently presented a recital of contemporary Cuban solo violin and chamber music in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall under the auspices of American Composers Orchestra.

Mr. Roth has recorded for the Sony, Angel, Telarc, Decca, BMG, Point Music, ESSA.Y. and Arbors Music labels.