Darwyn Apple

First Violins

Darwyn Apple joined the first violin section of the St. Louis Symphony in 1971. A native of Detroit, Mr. Apple began studying violin at the age of seven and went on to receive his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in performance, studying at the University of Michigan and the prestigious Eastman School of Music. Upon graduation he studied for a year in Italy as a Fulbright Scholar.
           
Mr. Apple has made numerous radio and television appearances while playing engagements across the United States and the Virgin Islands. He has also performed before European audiences in Rome, Florence, and Paris. All this in addition to solo appearances he has made with many American orchestras, including those of New Orleans and Toledo, and many return engagements with the Detroit Symphony. He performed as part of the presidential inaugural festivities in Washington, D.C., in January 1993.
           
Darwyn Apple has served on the faculties of several institutions, including Principia College, Webster University, Lindenwood College, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He served a one-year appointment as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Violin at Wayne State University in Detroit.
           
Mr. Apple is very involved with the SLSO’s highly regarded Education and Community Partnership Program. His extensive involvement in the community has included performances in schools, churches, temples, parks, and the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center. Striving to promote the value of music education, he has not only produced videotape broadcasts for educational television, but also teaches violin.