Jeremy Mastrangelo
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Jeremy Mastrangelo has been a member of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Ottawa, since 2014 and was guest principal second violin with the NACO for the final three years of Pinchas Zukerman's tenure as music director of the orchestra. Previously, he was associate concertmaster of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and was designated to be the orchestra's next concertmaster in 2010. During his time with the SSO, Jeremy was a featured soloist on multiple occasions, including performances of Bach’s Concerto for two violins with Jaime Laredo, Brahms' “Double“ Concerto, the Sibelius violin concerto, and Vivaldi's Four Seasons. He has been a guest concertmaster with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Omaha Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, and the National Ballet of Canada. Prior to his work in Syracuse, Mastrangelo was co-concertmaster of the New World Symphony in Miami. Mr. Mastrangelo has been a finalist in the Julius Stulberg competition and was also the top prize winner in the National Federation of Music Clubs student auditions. In addition to his orchestral career, Mastrangelo performs frequently in solo recitals and chamber music concerts, and has been featured on the Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music series on several occasions. He has also performed with the Chamber Players of Canada and Kathleen Battle. From 2004 until 2009, he was an Affiliate Artist faculty member at Syracuse University. Mr. Mastrangelo holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of Michigan, where he studied with William Preucil and Paul Kantor, respectively.
Jeremy and his wife, Sara, live in Canada's capital city with their two children. When they aren't in rehearsals or performing, they enjoy hiking in the hills of Gatineau and encouraging their children's interests in music, dance, baseball, art, and since moving to Canada, skating.