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Thomas Van Dyck

Thomas Van Dyck

Education and Training

BA, Rice University; MM, Boston University. Studied with Paul Ellison and Ed Barker.

Awards and Recognition

Maurice Schwarz Prize at Tanglewood

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Prize

Thomas Van Dyck

Division: College

Department: Faculty, Strings

Instrument: Double Bass

Thomas Van Dyck joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra's double bass section in January 2013. An avid chamber musician, he has played chamber music at the Mostly Mozart Festival, New York City's Town Hall and Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Harvard University's Houghton Library chamber music series, Bay Chamber Concerts in Rockport, Maine and Kingston Chamber Music Festival in Rhode Island among many others.

He is a frequent guest with the Boston Chamber Music Society and has collaborated with the Borromeo, Ying, Lydian and Parker String Quartets. Thomas was a founding member of A Far Cry and is a current member of East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) that tours under Frank Salomon Management. A former member of the New World Symphony, he has played with the San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the San Diego Symphonies.

In addition to enjoying a diverse performing career, he is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory and has been faculty at the Longy School of Music and Boston Conservatory, as well as guest teaching and master classes at the New England Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory, Boston University, and the Hartt School of Music.

Curriculum Vitae

BA, Rice University; MM, Boston University. Studied with Paul Ellison and Ed Barker.

  • Maurice Schwarz Prize at Tanglewood
  • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Prize

Affiliated Departments and Programs

Strings