Violist Andrew Braddock’s teaching and performing career has recently taken him to the Sejong Center in Seoul, South Korea, the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, and a solo appearance with the Paducah Symphony Orchestra. He teaches at Western Kentucky University, where he co-directs the WKU String Academy. He also teaches at the Indiana University Summer String Academy and directs the Hilltop String Festival and the WKU Summer String Institute.
His writings have appeared in publications such as The Strad and the Journal of the British Music Society. He is the editor of the American Suzuki Journal, and was previously the editor of the Journal of the American Viola Society and served on the board of the American Viola Society.
He is the principal violist of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, and he regularly plays with the Nashville Symphony. His principal teachers are Atar Arad, Kathryn Plummer, and John Graham. andybraddock.com