Mark Neumann, Viola

Mark Neumann is Professor of Viola at the University of Oklahoma. A native of Edmonton, Canada, his musical studies took place at the University of Victoria, The Cleveland Institute of Music, and The Juilliard School, from which he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 1995. His teachers have included such eminent violists as Karen Tuttle, Robert Vernon, and Jaroslav Karlovsky.
Dr. Neumann has pursued a versatile performing career including solo appearances with the Victoria Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic and Thunder Bay Symphony orchestras; chamber music performances at the music festivals of Victoria, Banff, Sarasota, and the “Academy of Music” Festival (New Jersey); and broadcast recordings of chamber music for the CBC (Canada) and Deutschland-Funk (Germany). As an orchestral musician, he has performed with many ensembles including the Calgary Philharmonic (as Assistant Principal Viola), the Lubbock Symphony (as Principal Viola), the Montreal Symphony and Victoria Symphony orchestras.
Dr. Neumann held previous faculty positions as viola professor at Texas Tech University and at the University of Georgia, and has presented numerous recitals and masterclasses in Taiwan, Brazil, Argentina, and various states across the USA. He has been a frequent invited faculty artist at the Vale Veneto “Festival de Inverno” and the Florianopolis “Festival de Cordas de Santa Catarina” in Brazil, and was also an invited performer at the 2007 International Viola Congress in Adelaide, Australia. His first solo CD album, “Romantic Showpieces for Viola”, was released by the ACA Digital label in January 2009.
He currently performs with the Holmberg String Quartet, the Oklahoma Chamber Players and the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra, and maintains an active schedule within the state and beyond as a performer and clinician.
DMA, The Juilliard School (1995)
Advanced Certificate, The Juilliard School (1989)
MM (Performance), University of Victoria (1987)
BM (Performance), University of Victoria (1983)