Tracy Silverman

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Tracy Silverman is an American violinist, composer, and producer. Born in New York and raised in Beloit, Wisconsin, he attended Beloit Memorial High School, but left after 10th grade to enter the Chicago Musical College at the age of 16. He is on the string faculty of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee as of 2006. He studied classical music at the Juilliard School, but is best known today as a versatile performer in jazz, contemporary classical music, and rock styles on the electric violin, often performing on 6 string fretted and fretless instruments. He has recorded a solo album for Windham Hill Records and appears on many Windham Hill Compilation CD's. He was formerly a violinist with the Turtle Island String Quartet and has also performed with contemporary pianist Jim Brickman and with composer Terry Riley. In 2003 he was featured soloist in the premiere of John Adams' composition The Dharma at Big Sur with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the opening of the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

[edit] Partial discography

John Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur (2006 Nonesuch)
I'd Rather Be Dreaming (2004)
North Meets South (2002 Nucleo - with Caito Marcondes)
Silverman/Forsch: Superstring (2002 - with Ferdinand Forsch)
Yangin' with the Yin Crowd (2001 - Dogs for Daisy EP)
Trip to the Sun (1999 Windham Hill)
On A Starry Night (1997 Windham Hill)
A Night In Tunisia, A Week In Detroit (1995 Chandos - with Turtle Island String Quartet)
Who Do We Think We Are? (1994 Windham Hill - with Turtle Island String Quartet)