What people are saying.
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"Shaub is a musician’s musician. He showcases himself by showcasing the music, not the other way around. ...He often leans into a phrase, sometimes steps into an important moment or leans away to let a gossamer high note float into space. But he never engages in theatrics that upstage the music.
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"His sensational performance beautifully fulfilled the concerto’s Jekyll and Hyde requirements for a soloist: a deep sensitivity for the sunny, vocal-like Romantic lyricism of the Allegro and Andante movements and a passionate and energetic virtuosity for the third Presto in moto perpetuo finale."
— Violinist.com | Alan Sherrod (Barber Violin Concerto)
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“William Shaub’s performance of the solos in my “Cold Mountain Suite” were extraordinary! Not only were they beautiful and perfectly executed, he actually conveyed the complete blue-grass essence of the melodies, just as I had imagined them in my compositional process.”
— Jennifer Higdon, composer
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"Concertmaster William Shaub, in an evening of notable work (Swan Lake), gave the violin solos a superb sculpted edge that radiated with intriguing details...The violin section as a whole played with an impressive unity of purpose in those grand sweeping gestures of lyricism that so describe Tchaikovsky’s music for dance."
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"His unquestionable virtuosity was especially dazzling in his effortless and witty grasp of the brisk, challenging Sarasate work. As if to deftly cool a musical wildfire that left the audience in slack-jawed amazement, Shaub’s encore performance of Kreisler’s Liebesleid was nonetheless an exciting and flawless rendering of the work’s lilting, bittersweet portrayal of heartbreak over love lost."
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"He is a creative mind, has a beautiful sound, and he is a superb technician. But he's so much more than that."
— WUOT (NPR) | Melanie Dodson (Mendelssohn Violin Concerto)
In the press:
Violinist.com: This Week in Reviews: William Shaub plays Barber's Violin Concerto
Symphony.org: Knoxville Symphony Launches Season with “William Shaub plays Mozart” (Mozart Violin Concerto. No. 5)
Press Release: ETSU Music Names new Co-Director of Chamber Music Festival | 2023 Festival Review and Press
The Oak Ridger: Shaub to perform Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with Guest Conductor in “Pictures” (Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra) | Review
WUOT: Aram Demirjian and William Shaub discuss Barber’s “Violin Concerto”
The Daily Times: Concertmaster Series performance to air on East Tennessee PBS | Citizen Tribune
KnoxTNToday: Shaub Dazzles with Performance of Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Arts Knoxville: Brandenburg Concerti at the Knoxville Museum of Art
Violinist.com: Giving Back by Giving Bach | Review
East Tennessean: Chamber Music with the East Tennessee State University Faculty
Arts Knoxville: Shaub and Friends Illuminate a Treasure of Baroque Gems
NPR & WUOT Radio Interview: Shaub, KSO bring Two Stradivari Instruments to Knoxville
Arts Knoxville: Review, Scheherazade
The Strad: William Shaub named Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster
The Violin Channel: 24 Year Old William Shaub named Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster
The Daily Times (Maryville): Chamber Orchestra joins professional concertmasters for Vivaldi's "Seasons"
The Violin Channel - Semi-Finalists Announced for Boulder International Chamber Music Competition
Violinist.com - The Week in Reviews | Remembering Stephen Clapp
ClevelandClassical.com - Review: A Passionate Valentine from the Canton Symphony Orchestra
The Violin Channel - Competitors Announced for Tibor Varga Sion Valais International Violin Competition
Juilliard.edu - Focus! 2016: The Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Canton Repository - Shaub set for Canton Symphony Guest Spot
Santa Barbara Independent - New York Philharmonic Hosts Fellows
Juilliard Journal: The Latest From Faculty and Students
Santa Barbara Sentinel - From Political Intern to New York Philharmonic
Juilliard Journal - Community News
Kneisel Hall - 2015 Faculty and Young Artists
Music Academy of the West: New York Philharmonic Selects 10 Instrumentalists
New York Philharmonic: Ten Instrumentalists Selected from Music Academy of the West
CASA Magazine: Review: String Quartet Seminar: Four by Four
Violinist.com: What Inspires and Motivates Student Artists
Juilliard Journal: Listening to Students at Starling-DeLay
Violinist.com: Review: Masterclass with William Preucil
Cincinnati Enquirer: Teenage Violinist Noted for Playing to Help Charities