Violist Eric Nowlin has performed extensively throughout the United States as well as abroad. His orchestral solo appearances include the Juilliard Orchestra, the Springfield Symphony in Missouri, the Santa Cruz Symphony and Peninsula Symphony in California, and the Kumamoto Symphony in Japan. He has given recitals in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Mexico.

Mr. Nowlin currently serves as Associate Principal Violist with the Toronto Symphony. He is also the violist of the New Orford String Quartet. His festival appearances include Marlboro and Ravinia, and he has toured nationally with Musicians from Marlboro and Musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Institute.

In 2006, Mr. Nowlin won second prize in the prestigious Naumburg Competition. Other awards include first prize in the 2003 Irving M. Klein International String Competition, first prize in the 2002 Hellam Young Artists Competition, grand prize in the 2001 Naftzger Young Artists Competition, and winner of the 2001 Juilliard Viola Concerto Competition.

Mr. Nowlin currently teaches for the Young Artist’s Performance Academy at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, as well as at the University of Toronto. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from The Juilliard School as a student of Samuel Rhodes.