Viola with Jordan W.

Jordan Warmath received her DMA in Viola Performance from UCSB in 2017. She has appeared on stage with internationally acclaimed artists such as soprano Renée Fleming, the Takács Quartet, cellist Carter Brey, pianist Emanuel Ax, and violinists Anne Akiko Meyers, Glenn Dicterow, and Gil Shaham. As a member of the University of California Santa Barbara Piano Quartet she performed in master classes for Yo-Yo Ma, the Danish Quartet, and the Kronos Quartet. A passionate promoter of modern compositions, Dr. Warmath has premiered solo viola works by contemporary composers Charles Peck, Arthur Gotschalk, Joel Feigin, Hillary Purrington, Jennifer Dirkes, and Marc Evans at Rice University, the University of Texas at Austin, UCLA, and UCSB. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­As an advocate for modern viola literature, she continues to commission, seek, promote, and perform contemporary music as frequently as possible. Most recently she can be heard on the soundtracks to Bad Boys 3 and Lego Movie 2!