Mark Fewer’s most recent appointment is to the Schulich School of Music at McGill University, where he teaches violin, chamber music, and string improvisation. He is Artistic Director of the SweetWater Music Weekend in Owen Sound, Ontario and is a regular member of the Duke Trio and the SuperNova String Quartet. His recent projects include the jazz-hybrid show Lotusland and performances of the complete cycle of Bach sonatas and partitas. Growing up in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where his father was a famous local singer and entertainer, he played the piano at age 4, the violin at 6, and the saxophone at 10. After deciding to focus on the violin, he studied in Toronto, London, England and Budapest, Hungary. His major  teachers were David Zafer, Jose-Luis Garcia and Ferenc Rados.