Dr. Jennifer Dalmas jdalmas@sfasu.edu Assistant Professor, Violin and Viola Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, Texas D.M.A., violin performance, Florida State University M.M., violin performance, Florida State University B.A., music, Mary Washington College

Background
DR. JENNIFER DALMAS joined the music faculty of Stephen F. Austin University in Fall 2003 as Assistant Professor of Violin and Viola, and also holds the position of Concertmaster of the Orchestra of the Pines. A native of Lynchburg, Virginia, Jennifer Dalmas graduated from the Virginia School of the Arts in 1991 and received her Bachelor’s music degree from Mary Washington College in 1995. For the next six years, she held a teaching and performing assistantship at Florida State University, where she studied with Professor Karen Clarke and Dr. Gary Kosloski. She obtained her Master’s degree in 1997 and the Doctor of Music Degree in 2001, and served as a Visiting Violin Instructor at Florida State University in 2002.  

In addition to performing with the Tallahassee, Jacksonville, and New World Symphonies in Florida, Dr. Dalmas also plays with several period orchestras, including the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra and the Apollo Ensemble. She has performed solo repertoire such as Zigeunerweisen and various concerti with orchestras in the United States and Europe, and as part of the Promising Artists of the 21st Century program has given recitals and master classes both in the United States and Central America. She won the doctoral concerto competition at Florida State University in 1999, performing the Glazunov violin concerto with the FSU orchestra and was awarded second prize in the National MTNA competition the following year. As a member of the Hachidori Piano Trio, she has been a semi-finalist in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and has performed the Beethoven Triple Concerto with orchestras in the United States, the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria.

Listen to some audio excerpts of Dr. Dalmas' performances:

Audio excerpt #1 - Sravinsky, Duo Concertante, for violin and piano, Dithyramb Audio excerpt #2 - A. Glazunov, Concerto for violin and orchestra, Cadenza and beginning of III mvt. Audio excerpt #3 - A. Dvorak, Four Romantic Pieces, for violin and piano, Larghetto Audio excerpt #4 - J. S. Bach, Sonata No. 3 in C Major for solo violin, Allegro Assai

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