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Daniel Getz

Daniel Getz

Education and Training

BM, New England Conservatory; MM, The Juilliard School. Studies with Kim Kashkashian, Heidi Castleman, Robert Vernon.

Awards and Recognition

One of six Robertson Prizewinners, 2011 Primrose Competition

Presidential Scholarship, New England Conservatory

Daniel Getz

Division: Expanded Education

Department: Chamber Music; CHIPS

Instrument: Violin

Daniel Getz joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra viola section at the start of the 2013–14 subscription season, and joined the NEC Preparatory School faculty the following year.

Raised in Bethesda, Maryland, Getz began studying violin at age eight and switched to the viola at sixteen.

Getz has performed the Bartók, Walton, and Stamitz viola concertos as a soloist with various orchestras in his hometown. He also frequently performs chamber music concerts in the Greater Boston area and in the Berkshires with other members of the BSO. Prior to joining the BSO, Getz performed as a substitute with the orchestra as well as with the New York Philharmonic. He has participated in the Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music Festival, Kneisel Hall, and the Perlman Music Program.

Photo by Marco Borggreve, courtesy BSO

Curriculum Vitae

BM, New England Conservatory; MM, The Juilliard School. Studies with Kim Kashkashian, Heidi Castleman, Robert Vernon.

  • One of six Robertson Prizewinners, 2011 Primrose Competition
  • Presidential Scholarship, New England Conservatory