John Madison received Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Viola Performance from the University of Michigan and is currently the Principal violist of the Michigan Opera Theater Orchestra, a regular substitute with the Detroit Symphony, Principal violist of the Sphinx Symphony, and Co-founder and coordinator of The Cassini Ensemble, an award winning Ann Arbor based chamber group that has performed extensively throughout the united States.

Mr. Madison recently toured as a guest with the Chamber Orchestra of France and has performed with the New York City Opera Company, The Toledo Symphony and Toledo Opera Orchestra, and has appeared as soloist with the Toledo Symphony, The Southfield Philharmonic, The Jackson Symphony, The Adrian Symphony and The Cassini Ensemble. As an educator, he is currently the Dean of the Sphinx Preparatory Music Institute, and has taught on staff at The University of Michigan, Sienna Heights College, and he regularly coaches privately, and in workshops and clinics.

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