Biography of Musica Bella Orchestra soloist Jeffrey Parry

Jeffrey Parry earned a master’s degree in music from Wichita State University and a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Utah, as well as law degrees from Columbia University and New York University. He has also studied chamber music with the Cleveland Quartet and the Muir Quartet. He performed as a soloist with the Utah Symphony under Joseph Silverstein and played first violin in the Wichita Symphony and the Ballet West Orchestra. He has recently been a member of both the 13th Street Trio and the Gramercy Quartet, but has even more recently moved to Washington, D.C., from where he is commuting in order to play the Dvorak Violin Concerto with the Musica Bella Orchestra. He is shown here as he appeared in Musica Bella’s debut concerts in January 2002; he is equally at home on the violin and viola, and was our principal violist at that time. Musica Bella concerts: January 20, 2002; January 27, 2002