Shane Barker 
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Adjunct Professor, Viola
Center for the Arts
Violist Shane Barker enjoys a multifaceted career as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral violist, and in demand teacher. He has performed across the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, and Finland. An avid proponent of the viola as a solo instrument and the music of our time, he has collaborated with composers Andrea Clearfield, Jeremy Gill, Florence Maunders, Joseph Hallman, and Andrew Ardizzoia.
A finalist for Midori’s International Community Engagement Program, he has featured as on the Emerging Artist Recital at the 2020 American Viola Society Congress and performed in concerts presented by the New York and Philadelphia Viola Societies, as well as presenting recitals at the Nicholas Roerich Museum, Bruno Walter Auditorium, and curates a series at the Nurture Nature Center in Easton Pennsylvania. Passionate about community outreach, he has performed in veteran’s hospitals, retirement facilities, and women’s shelters.
Shane holds degrees from Temple University and University of North Carolina School of the Arts where he served as teaching assistant to concert violist Sheila Browne. His additional teachers include Evelyn Jacobs-Luise, Karen Ritscher, Ann Roggen, Joseph dePasquale, and various members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He has held faculty positions at Temple University Center for Gifted Young Musicians, Performing Arts Institute at Wyoming Seminary, Lafayette College, Moravian Academy, Mansfield University, and has maintained an active private studio since 2008.
