Assistant Professor
B.A., Columbia University
Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music
Office: 815-753-7141
E-mail: adevroye@niu.edu
Anthony Devroye has been violist of the Avalon String Quartet since 2004. The Avalon Quartet was selected in 2007 to succeed the world-renowned Vermeer Quartet as quartet-in-residence at Northern Illinois University, a position the Avalon previously held at Indiana University South Bend. Devroye has performed with the quartet in the United States, France and South Korea, and has taught at the Interlochen Advanced String Quartet Program and the Icicle Creek Music Center in Leavenworth, WA.
Previously Mr. Devroye played with the New World Symphony in Miami Beach. Having frequently led the viola section under Michael Tilson Thomas, he also appeared as soloist with the orchestra in 2004. Additional orchestral performances include the New York Philharmonic and Grant Park Music Festival. As a chamber musician Mr. Devroye has performed at the Ravinia, Norfolk and Angel Fire festivals, and internationally at the Verbier Festival (Switzerland), Rencontres Musicales d’Enghien (Belgium), and in Gothenborg, Sweden. In 2005 he won First Prize at the Julio Cardona International String Competition in Portugal.
Mr. Devroye holds a BA in Biological Science from Columbia University, where he was awarded a Starr Foundation Scholarship while pursuing concurrent viola studies at the Juilliard School. He received a Diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music as a Bok Foundation Fellowship recipient. His viola teachers have included Michael Tree, Roberto Diaz, Toby Appel and Heidi Castleman.