Reaching and Teaching Youth With the Violin
“Do you brush your teeth every day?” Quinton Morris asks four students in a small Maple Valley studio. “You’re teenagers,” he teases as eyes roll, “some of you probably don’t.” “Playing with the metronome is like brushing your teeth,” he says. Morris isn’t teaching high school health. He’s teaching beginning violin. And he’s drilling the […]
Seattle Virtuoso Quinton Morris Is Set to Open Violin Studio for Low-Income Students of Color
With Key to Change—serving South King County—Morris pays forward generosity he received as a youth. For Seattle University’s Quinton Morris, one of two tenured African-American violin professors in the United States, the violin is both an instrument and a seed. And with it Morris is growing a great forest—his most recent plot being south of […]
Renowned violinist encourages young people of color to love music
Quinton Morris is a violin virtuoso who wants to give back. The Seattle University teacher grew up in Renton and fondly remembers the support he got from the community. He says that encouragement is important for people of color who want to be classical musicians. Morris told Jamala Henderson how he was often discouraged. Read […]
String Savant
When Dr. Quinton Morris plays his violin for an audience, there’s no doubt he’s connected to the instrument. With his eyes closed, right hand on the bow, Morris seamlessly strings notes together creating a beautiful sound. The two are a fine-tuned team. “It allows me the opportunity to be able to express myself in a […]
Violin virtuoso gives back to Renton community
RENTON, Wash. – Even at a young age, Quinton Morris knew he was destined for greatness. “I always knew the world was my oyster, and as cliché as that sounds, there was always this little voice inside of me,” Morris said. That little voice told him nearly 30-years ago to pick up the violin. “Or […]
