Lois Martin
Meet The Little Orchestra Society's brand new Principal Viola. Lois Martin, a native of York, Pennsylvania, began her viola studies with Arthur Lewis at the Peabody Preparatory School. She completed her undergraduate work at the Eastman School of Music where she was a scholarship student of Francis Tursi. During this time, she was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. She continued her graduate studies at the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Lillian Fuchs.
Ms. Martin is a founding member of the Atlantic String Quartet, which is dedicated to the performance of newly written compositions. She is also Principal Violist for the Stamford Symphony, Solisti New York, OK Mozart Festival, Concordia and String Fever. She is also a member of the Salon Chamber Players and the American Chamber Ensemble.
Performances this past season included three different tours to California playing with Michael Brecker, the New York City Ballet and New York New Music. She also recorded the cast album of the Broadway hit Spamalot and John Zorn's "Orphee". She was principal violist for the Martha Graham Dance Company and played a weekend at the Jazz Standard with Chris Potter. In addition, she had the honor of playing for Pierre Boulez's 80th birthday celebration at Carnegie Hall.
Her continuing commitment to contemporary music includes performances with the Group for Contemporary Music, the ISCM Chamber Players, the Ensemble Sospeso, Ensemble 21, the New York New Music Ensemble, Speculum Musicae, the Composers' Guild, the Da Capo Chamber Players, the Composers Forum, Musicians' Accord, and Steve Reich and Musicians. Ms. Martin is also on the faculty of the Composers Conference at Wellesley College and has taught at Princeton University.
