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Michael Montero, Director
Michael Montero began playing the violin at age eleven in his native New York City. He attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts in Manhattan and participated in the Manhattan School of Music preparatory division. Mr. Montero received a BA in music from Rutgers University where he studied under Matthew Reichert.
Mr. Montero served as the Music Director of the Auburn Chamber Orchestra in Auburn, New York. He was the former concertmaster of the Onondaga Civic Symphony Orchestra (Syracuse, NY) and held that post for six years. Mr. Montero was the music director of the Onondaga Youth String Ensemble, two string orchestras that he founded in 2005, one for middle school students and the other for high school students.
After graduation, Michael taught instrumental music in both public and private schools in New Jersey and New York while studying violin repair and restoration with his beloved mentor, Thomas Cox. In 2003, Montero opened his first shop and currently spends most of his time as a luthier servicing clients at his two shops, Montero Violins, located in Emmaus and Stroudsburg. He also has a private lesson studio at both locations where he teaches violin and viola. Mr. Montero is a faculty member at Moravian College where he teaches violin and viola and is also the Concertmaster of the Moravian College Community Orchestra. He lives in Emmaus with his wife, Jennifer, and their two daughters.
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