Martin Davids, M.M.
	Title:	Music Instructor
	Office:	Mundelein 1202
	Phone:	773-508-8319
	E-mail:	mdavid1@luc.edu

Personal Information

M.M., Violin Performance, University of Michigan

B.M., Florida Atlantic University

Performer Diploma, Early Music Institute at Indiana University

Highly acclaimed violinist, Mr. Martin Davids received a Performer Diploma from Indiana University where he studied with Stanley Ritchie. He also earned a Masters degree from the University of Michigan. In addition to directing the Callipygian Players, Chicago's premier Baroque chamber music ensemble, Mr. Davids is concertmaster of Publick Musick (Rochester , NY), Bach Collegium of Ft. Wayne, Janus Ensemble, Bach Chamber Orchestra and the Musical Patriots (Ithaca, NY). He is principal second violin in Chicago's Period instrument orchestra the Baroque Band and regularly performs with Brandywine Baroque, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, and the Bach Institute in Valparaiso. Other ensembles he has played with include Chicago Opera Theater, Central City Opera, Music of the Baroque, Aradia, Toronto Consort, Washington Bach Consort and numerous others across Canada and the U.S.  

Mr. Davids has recorded on the Albany, Musica Omnia, Plectra and Sonabilis labels. "Concertmaster Martin Davids plays exquisite obbligato passages his playing alone is almost worth purchasing the recording." (Choral Journal, May, 2007)

Mr. Davids is a founding member of the electric Baroque ensemble Discontinuo and is in demand as an electric violinist. He has played on many world premieres of new works including David Borden's K 216.01 for electric violin and synthesizer ensemble. A recognized expert in historical performance, Mr. Davids often gives masterclasses in performance practice and improvisation at many schools and universities including Northwestern, Cornell, and the University of Michigan. Well versed in old music and new, Mr. Davids shares his eclectic knowledge with the violin and viola students at Loyola University Chicago.