Currently the principal violist of The Florida Orchestra, Derek Mosloff is also an avid solo and chamber musician and was an active performer in the Boston area, serving as the principal viola of the Orchestra of Indian Hill, as well as a violist in the Discovery Ensemble, among others. He was invited to solo in Mozart’s “Sinfonia Concertante” with Boston’s Symphony by the Sea on 24 hours notice. He is currently performs widely in the Tampa Bay Area, and has been a guest on the Palladium Chamber Music series, and serves as adjunct professor of viola at the University of Tampa.
In 2008, he was awarded a fellowship to Tanglewood Music Center, and he was invited to return for the 2009 and 2010 seasons and as a New Fromm player for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. He has also been a recurring guest for the Chelsey Music Festival in New York City.
Mosloff completed his master’s degree at the New England Conservatory under Roger Tapping, and his undergraduate studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln under Jonah Sirota.