Violinist

A graduate of the UBC School of Music, James Malmberg enjoys a career of teaching, performing and conducting. He is the Artistic Director of the Valhalla Suzuki Institute in New Denver BC and has adjudicated at festivals in Langley, Powell River, Sechelt, and the Kootenays. He has performed with the National Youth Orchestra, Lions Gate Sinfonia, the Orca String Quartet, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Island Symphony and the Kamloops and Okanagan Symphonies. Since graduating from UBC he has continued his studies in Suzuki Pedagogy in Arizona, California, Oregon, and Edmonton and has spent his summers teaching at the Yukon Summer Music Festival, the UBC Summer Music Institute, and the Edmonton Suzuki Institute. He was appointed conductor of the Richmond Orchestra in 2007 after being concertmaster for several years.

Violin Teacher in Richmond and Delta

I have been teaching the violin and viola for over 25 years and have consistently produced a high level of achievement with my studio of 30 students. This includes a recipient of the RCM Grade 10 Silver Medal and several students that have gone on to study violin at various universities. My teaching is very much influenced by the Suzuki method as I have taken Suzuki Teacher Training in Levels 1a, 1b, 2, 3 and the Practicum. I was also fortunate to have studied with and learned from the exceptional teaching of Nancy DiNovo and Andrew Dawes through my B.Mus degree at UBC.

Conductor of the Richmond Orchestra

The Richmond Orchestra is a community orchestra of over 45 dedicated and talented musicians. We perform 5 concerts per season with repertoire ranging from Handel’s Messiah to new commissions. Recent highlight performances have been the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto with Sasha Starcevich (2018), the Korngold Violin Concerto with Nancy DiNovo (November 2017) and the Shostakovich Cello Concerto with Tate Zawadiuk (April 2016). Each February we have our Rising Stars Concert which features four winners of the Richmond Music Festival Concerto Challenge class. In the last 10 years, we have featured more than 50 young artists as soloists.