Todd Reynolds, violin; Guest Artist Series

Violinist, composer, educator and technologist Todd Reynolds is known as one of the founding fathers of the hybrid-musician movement and one of the most active and versatile proponents of what he calls "present music." The violinist of choice for Steve Reich, Meredith Monk, Bang on a Can, and a founder of the string quartet known as Ethel, his performance and compositional style is a hybrid of old and new technology, multi-disciplinary aesthetic and pan-genre composition and improvisation. Emerging from the classical tradition, Reynolds is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Reynolds studied with violin legend Jascha Heifetz and was principal second violin of the Rochester Philharmonic. Todd Reynolds will also conduct masterclasses and workshops on composing, electronic music, violin performance, and entrepreneurship Weds 19/Thurs 20. (Please see www.music.wisc.edu for times and locations.)