August 5, 2025 – Huntersville, NC – Boruff Violin Studio is excited to announce that violinist William Shaub will be joining us to give a masterclass on Thursday, August 21 at 5:00pm at the Rafters at Historic St. Mark’s. On August 23, Mr. Shaub will be performing Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Rock Hill Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Christopher James Lees (tickets available here).
William was appointed was appointed Concertmaster of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in May of 2017. Since his concerto debut with the Canton Symphony Orchestra at age 12, he has captivated audiences as a soloist, in recitals, and from the concertmaster chair. The winner of an inaugural Academy Fellowship with the New York Philharmonic and a graduate of the Juilliard School, he has been praised in the press as “a wonderful ambassador for music” (Cleveland Classical) and for performances “full of passion and energy, exquisitely rendered with refined details that escape one in recordings.” He made his recital debut in New York as one of ten “Exceptional Young Artists” at the 2013 Starling-DeLay Symposium at Juilliard.
In demand around the world as an orchestral leader, William Shaub has served as Guest Concertmaster of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (U.K.), the Phoenix Symphony, the Jacksonville Symphony, and as concertmaster of renowned festival orchestras, including Spoleto and the Music Academy of the West. In 2023, he served an extended period as Guest Concertmaster of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, leading the NZSO on tours in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch. He has worked with many of the world’s most important conductors, with notable performances under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle, Alan Gilbert, Xian Zhang, and Nicholas Collon.
William Shaub’s concerto appearances include performances with the orchestras of Brevard, Oak Ridge, Canton, Breckenridge, and in venues such as Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall, Severance Hall in Cleveland, Canada’s National Arts Centre, Seoul Arts Center, and Sanders Theatre at Harvard. He made his concerto debut as Concertmaster of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in 2019 under the baton of conductor Mei-Ann Chen, performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. His solo performances of a vast repertoire for violin and orchestra have been heard on NPR Classical, Radio New Zealand, PBS, and BBC Radio 3. Read more of William’s bio here.