Peter Isaacson, Assistant Professor of Violin at Hardin-Simmons University.  He recently earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Kentucky and holds a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music.  As an active performer, he has performed with the Craftsbury Chamber Players, the Lennape Chamber Ensemble, the Abilene Chamber Players and the Abusolute Ensemble in New York City.  He has also performed on the Musica Viva concert series, the Focus Festival, and the Wednesdays at One concert series in Alice Tully Hall.  His performances have been broadcast on the Woodsongs Radio Hour and WRGV Public Radio in Georgetown, Kentucky.

     Mr. Isaacson has held faculty positions at Southwest Missouri State University, Cumberland College, Camp Encore/Coda and the American Festival for the Arts in Houston, Texas and the Abilene Summer Music Festival where he serves as Artistic Director.   As a member of the Niles String Quartet, he was a semi-finalist at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and was selected to participate in the Audubon String Quartet Seminar at Virginia Tech.  Mr. Isaacson has collaborated in performance with members of the Audubon String Quartet, Meliora Winds, Phil Ying, and folk-singer Michael Jonathan.  In 2007, Mr. Isaacson will be releasing a recording of chamber works by Josef Rheinberger for Centaur Records.