About
Morgan Paros
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My favorite art is born at the intersection of medium + meaning. In that place, I create instinctively.
EDUCATION
B.A. in Violin Performance and French - Cleveland Institute of Music & Case Western Reserve UniversitY
Graduate Studies - Ecole Normale de Musique & Université Paris IV LA Sorbonne
TEACHERS
Michael Davis, Devy Erlih, Annie Fullard, Carol Ruzicka
Website Photography by Anna Lee Media and Even Keel Imagery.
Additional photos by Courtney Coles, Amy Lane, Mallory Turner & Michelle Shiers.
MORGAN PAROS is a violinist, vocalist, and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Her international performance and recording career spans contemporary, classical, and commercial music. From pop music to video game and film scores, she attributes working cross-genre to her classical training, wide musical influences, and intimate knowledge of electronic gear. She regularly arranges, composes, and improvises string sections for sessions and live shows. Hailed as a dynamic performer, reviews call her a “powerhouse with charismatic stage qualities!” . . .a “girl that can do anything!” . . .a “captivating, secret weapon” (Odyssey Online, Permanent Rain Press, Indie.Alt). Morgan is open to challenges posed by artists and music directors. For instance: learning guitar one week before a national tour, singing and playing violin simultaneously, walking stairs while playing jazz violin licks, and improvising daily performances over a 6-week art exhibition, where reviews likened her improv to the pulse of 20th century music pioneers Terry Riley and Steve Reich.
Morgan earned her degree on merit scholarship from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Case Western Reserve University. She studied under esteemed violinists in the USA and France such as Michael Davis, Devy Erlih, Annie Fullard, and Carol Ruzicka. Her passion for chamber music began early on with year-round enrollment in Deborah Price’s Chamber Music Connection. Morgan has been coached by members of the Guarneri, Vermeer, Cavani, and Cleveland String Quartets. Additionally, she has performed in masterclasses with violinists Leila Josefowicz, Christian Howes, Diane Monroe, and Don Weilerstein.
Morgan finds inspiration through collaboration in a diverse and inclusive music community. She believes creating music is the most sustainable art form and practice. Its history and methods are taught via our senses and all performance begins and ends with silence, in an empty space. It's a leave-no-trace kind of vibe, which she values for her generation. Among her favorite music experiences are playing chamber music in Prague at a school for the blind, headlining New Years LA with Hunter Hunted, recording the soundtrack for the new PlayStation game "Wattam," and several unforgettable events with mass meditation organization The Big Quiet.
Morgan is sponsored by Bridge Violins, CodaBow, and Dunlop
Accolades :
Member of the Grammy Next Class of 2015
Songwriter of the Year Award from GenArt
Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) & Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)
Music Scholarship Recipient, Half-Tuition, CWRU
Dean’s High Honors, all semesters CIM & CWRU
The Florence Keuerleber Prize for seriously pursuing and excelling in the study of a modern language while majoring in another area, CWRU
High Honors, Chamber Music Concours, as duo and trio, Ecole Normale de Musique
Outstanding SAGES Writing Portfolio Award, CWRU
Recommendation by the Fulbright Commission to the French Embassy for Teaching Assistantship Position
Invited participant at the 9th World Summit of the Nobel Prize Laureates
Brookes Friebolin Award for Excellence and Study in France, CWRU
Editor and Translator on Publication: “Après l’Esclavage, Reconstruire Sa Vie” (A French language version of “Rebuilding Lives: An Introduction to Promising Practices in the rehabilitation of Freed Slaves”) for non-profit abolitionist organization Free The Slaves
