Kevin Lawrence

Kevin Lawrence is an American violinist and pedagogue. He currently serves as a Professor of Violin and String Chair at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Lawrence was the founding Artistic Director of the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, and now serves as the Festival's Artistic Director Emeritus.

Education and career Lawrence received his music education at The Juilliard School, studying violin with Ivan Galamian and Margaret Pardee, and chamber music with Felix Galimir. He continued his chamber music study at the Meadowmount School of Music under Josef Gingold.

Lawrence was appointed to the Meadowmount faculty by Ivan Galamian in 1980, and continued to teach there each summer through 1993.

Lawrence has taught as a Violin Professor at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts since 1990. He was awarded the school's Excellence in Teaching award in 2007.

Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival

In 2004, Lawrence founded the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, near Lake Champlain and Burlington, Vermont, serving as Artistic Director until 2021. The month-long festival is currently hosted at Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont.

Discography

The Violin Music of Arthur Foote (1995) Daniel Gregory Mason and Frederick Shepherd Converse: Violin Sonatas (2002) American Flute Quintets (2012)