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Isaiah Chapman, viola

Isaiah Chapman, composer and violist, hails from Amarillo, Texas, where he began formal musical studies on viola at age 10. He studied with Susan Dubois, Daphne Gerling, and Masumi Rostad on viola, Cynthia Roberts on baroque viola, and composition with Diana Rosenblum. Mr. Chapman holds three BM degrees in Viola Performance, Music Theory, and Music Education from the University of North Texas, cum laude and a MM in Viola Performance and Literature from Eastman School of Music. He will commence studies in a double MM program in Composition and Historical Performance this fall at the Peabody Institute of Music.