Madeline Adkins, Part 1: Concertmaster of the Utah Symphony and International Violin Soloist

What is the role of a concertmaster? Who better to ask than Madeline Adkins? Madeline is concertmaster of the Utah Symphony and the Grand Teton Music Festival and has served as guest concertmaster with the Pittsburgh and Houston symphonies, among others. In addition, she has also appeared as soloist with orchestras throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Africa, and is equally at home as a chamber musician.In Part 1, I ask Madeline to discuss the role of concertmaster in an orchestra, first in terms of auditions - specifically what her audition for the position of concertmaster of the Utah Symphony was like - and then auditions for section players. We then dig deeply into the various aspects of bowing, and bowing assignments for the violin section.