Violinist Archives - Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra

April 9, 2019August 11, 2019

TOM BERG, Violinist

Checking in at 97, Tom is the oldest player in the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra.

Tom began playing violin when he was about eight years old. His first violin was handmade by his great-grandfather in Norway. His parents purchased Tom’s second violin in about 1938 from a violin pawn shop in Portland, Oregon. It was a good violin; in fact, it is the same violin that Tom plays today.

During Tom’s career as a licensed mechanical engineer, he played with the Bremerton Symphony for more than two decades.

After moving to the Olympic Peninsula, Tom played with the Port Angeles Symphony for around a dozen years, and for the past 25 years he has played with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra.

July 13, 2018August 11, 2019

MATTHEW DALINE, Violinist & Violist

A Port Townsend High School graduate, Matthew Daline enjoys a versatile career as a chamber musician, violin/viola soloist, and educator. He received the bachelor of music degree from The Juilliard School where he was a Teaching Assistant for Karen Tuttle, and a masters degree from Yale University where he studied with Jesse Levine.

Mr. Daline was the top prizewinner at the Artists International Competition in New York City, which provided a debut recital in Carnegie Hall.

Since giving his viola debut in Carnegie Hall, Mr. Daline has performed worldwide as a viola soloist, principal violist, and has recently taught master classes at Yale University, The Juilliard School, The University of Michigan and Central Conservatory of China, Beijing.

Mr. Daline is a tenured professor and the Coordinator of Strings at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and his students have attained positions in orchestras, teaching, and awards at numerous national and international competitions.

Mr. Daline performs on a Brescian Viola circa 1560.

March 4, 2018August 11, 2019

LARISSA FREIER, Violinist

Larissa Freier was born and raised in Port Townsend, beginning her violin studies at age 5 under instruction of Pat Yearian, Kristin Smith, and mainly Barbara Henry. She continued her studies with Professor Maria Sampen and Timothy Christie at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash.

Larissa graduated magna cum laude from the University of Puget Sound in May 2017, with a Bachelor of Music in violin performance and a minor in German. Larissa acted as co-concertmaster and section leader of the University Symphony Orchestra and was a member of the chamber music program, performing often in student groups and recitals as well as alongside faculty on the University of Puget Sound Jacobsen Concert Series.

Larissa spent her summers studying and performing at highly acclaimed music festivals around the country, including the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine, the Brevard Music Festival in North Carolina, and the Kairos Chamber Music Lyceum in Eastern Washington. Over the years, she has had the honor of performing onstage with renowned soloists such as Itzhak Perlman, Garrick Olson, and Vadym Kholodenko, and she has also participated in violin masterclasses led by Paul Kantor, Frank Huang, Aaron Berofsky, Jubal Fulks, Steve Miahky, and Sergiu Schwartz.

December 30, 2015August 11, 2019

KARL PERRY, Violinist

Karl Perry is a native Washingtonian and a product of the Seattle Public School system’s music program in the 1970s. From fourth through twelfth grade he studied with Elizabeth Rowe, violinist in the Seattle Symphony.

This is his second featured appearance with the Port Townsend Orchestra. Karl has lived in Port Ludlow since January 2000 with his wife Melinie.