Aaron Boyd has established an international career as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral leader, recording artist, lecturer, and educator. He has appeared at the most prestigious venues throughout the United States, Europe, Russia, and Asia. Boyd has appeared at the Marlboro, La Jolla, Rockport, Aspen, and Music@Menlo festivals and is an Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. As a member of the Escher String Quartet for five seasons, Boyd was a recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Martin E. Segal prize from Lincoln Center. Boyd now serves as Director of Chamber Music and Chair of Strings at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University. Boyd performs on the “ex Thruston Johnson” Matteo Goffriller violin, crafted in Venice, 1700.