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Dr. Immanuel Abraham is an award-winning violin performer, music educator, composer, youth orchestra director, and author of "A Performer-Composer's Approach to Interpretation" ©2018 (139pgs).

He has taught strings at every institutional level. This ranges from being an elementary string-orchestra director for the Detroit Public Schools through post-graduates in Violin Performance (South Dakota State University) and all individual levels in between.

He is @TheViolinDoctor on all major social media platforms and administrator of The Violin Guild, serving over 79,000 string players of all ages, levels, and backgrounds worldwide.

In 2010 Dr. Abraham began performing his own music for solo violin. These were very well received on and beyond the campus of his alma-mater, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 

 

By 2020, they were published as his 78-page "24 Caprices for Solo Violin". They have since sold thousands of copies and become repertoire for auditions, study, and performance worldwide. The University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music describes them as “...a masterpiece of globalism and diversity”.

He has been the Professor of Strings for South Dakota State University (2023 - 2025) and MusicProfessor.com (2018 - 2019), Orchestra Director for Carpenter Elementary School, Durant Turri-Mott Elementary, Neithercut Elementary, and Freeman Elementary in the Detroit Public Schools and Simle Middle School's 6th, 7th, and 8th grade orchestras. and Legacy High School's Concert Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra in Bismarck, North Dakota, and violin technique instructor for Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp's Masterworks Orchestra.

 

He has also been the Concertmaster for: Woodbine Productions, Prairie Repertory Theatre, Arizona Symphony Orchestra, Arizona Contemporary Ensemble, NEWorks Philharmonic Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, Music Director for the Scoundrel & Scamp Theater, and many other ensembles. 

Organizations recently featuring Dr. Abraham include PBS, ASTA, ESTA, The Entertainer, The Menuhin-Dowling Violin Program, Southwest Strings, Tucson Film Festival, South Dakota State University, String Masters, The Key To Change, SHAR Music, Fiddlershop, The Community School of Music & Arts, Arizona Jewish Post, the Arizona Daily Star, and more.​​​

Dr. Abraham's upcoming project is the album recording of his "24 Caprices for Solo Violin".  It will be recorded with all 3rd (printed) edition edits including bowing and fingering. Dr. Abraham will make this album precise for all current and future violinists studying these works.

Dr. Abraham is a proud ambassador for:
Southwest Strings

Pirastro
D'Addario Orchestral

Leatherwood Rosins

Lonesome Pine Rosins.

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"His 24 Caprices for Solo Violin are a masterpiece of globalism and diversity."
The University of Arizona,
College of Fine Arts

Dr. Immanuel Abraham: America's black, male, violin professor

"They're such a fascinating set of works!"
Violinist, Jennifer Koh

"There is a sense of utter commitment in his playing, and quality in his approach to performance that is unique and captivating."
—St. Louis Symphony Concertmaster,
David Halen

"A great leader in our world of music."
Emmy Award Winner, Mark Wood

"Phenomenal!"—
— Grammy Award Winners, Black Violin

"As authentic a fiddle player
as I've ever heard!
"
Grammy Award Winner, Alex DePue

Dr. Immanuel Abraham, Violinist

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