Harold Levin
Applied Faculty, Viola

Harold Levin has led a varied career as violist, conductor, composer and teacher. He holds a high school diploma from the Interlochen Arts Academy, BM from Ball State University, MM form the University of Cincinnati, and DMA from Rutgers University. After performing in the viola section of the Louisville Orchestra for four seasons, Dr. Levin began a career of college teaching and conducting that has involved positions at the University of Nebraska, University of Memphis, Western Illinois University, and Ball State University. He has also held temporary appointments at Bucknell and West Virginia Universities. An active performer, Dr. Levin has played viola with the orchestras of Cincinnati, Omaha, Memphis, Long Island, Orlando, and Jacksonville and has performed and conducted at summer festivals in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Michigan, Colorado and Vermont. A dedicated performer of new music, he has commissioned and premiered many new works involving the viola, and is a commissioned and published composer himself - his music for both large and small ensembles has been performed across the country and recorded by several labels. Harold Levin studied viola with Michael Tree, Donald McInnes, Raymond Stilwell, Robert Slaughter, and David Holland. His composition teachers include Charles Wuorinen, Joel Hoffman, and Ernesto Pellegrini. For the past eight summers, he has served as Instructor of Viola and Chamber Music at the Interlochen Center for the Arts.