Christopher Bolduc was born in Boca Raton, Florida. From an early age, he was exposed to various genres of world music ranging from Brazilian Bossa Nova, African Fusion, Western and Indian Classical, and American Jazz. Mr. Bolduc grew up in Tampa, Florida and has studied the violin from age of 11. He began his studies with Karen Bishop and Steven Bossert in 2012 and continued until 2016. He became concertmaster of his respective school orchestras and participated yearly in regional orchestras like All-County and All-State Orchestra, securing the concertmaster position of both during his senior year. In 2016, Mr. Bolduc was accepted into the violin studio of Carolyn Stuart at the University of South Florida in the dual enrollment program as a high school senior. He continued to study with professor Stuart, receiving a Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Florida in violin performance in 2020 and graduated with the USF Outstanding Graduate Award in the Strings Department and an honorary induction to Pi Kappa Lamda. 

 

Mr. Bolduc continued his studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with Elizabeth Chang from 2020 to 2022. He was a member of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduate String Quartet, concertmaster of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Symphony Orchestra from 2020-2022 and concertmaster of UMass Opus One Chamber Music Ensemble. The University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduate String Quartet performed both standard repertoire and contemporary music, collaborating with living composers in both classical and jazz idioms. In 2022, The University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduate String Quartet were finalists in the MTNA Chamber Music Competition in 2022 and performed string quartet works at the Frederic Tillis memorial concert. In addition to his studies with Professor Chang, Mr. Bolduc was mentored by Nigel Coxe, Edward Arron, Gilles Vonsattel and Morihiko Nakahara in Amherst. He was the recipient of the Joann Waite Bennett and George Neil Bennett Scholarship in 2021 and the Julian Olevsky Memorial Scholarship in Violin 2022. In addition to his performance studies, Mr. Bolduc was a teaching assistant for Music Theory with Miriam Piilonen and taught string technique classes at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Mr. Bolduc is also a certified Suzuki Strings teacher up to Book 2, receiving certification under Allen Lieb at the School for Strings in New York City in 2020.

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Mr. Bolduc pursued a second masters degree in Chamber Music at the University of South Florida from 2022-2024. During his time at USF he mentored students, played as concertmaster of the USF Symphony Orchestra and was a fellow in the Rebecca Penneys Chamber Music Collective from 2023-2024. He was awarded the USF Achievement Certificate in both strings and orchestra departments and was inducted into USF's Latino Society in 2024. In addition to this, he played in the Ocala Symphony Orchestra and taught Suzuki group classes at the Suzuki Strings Institute in Brooksville, Florida.

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From 2024 to 2027, Mr. Bolduc will be attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison pursuing a Doctoral of Musical  Arts Degree in Violin Performance as a School of Music Fellow under the direction of David Perry. From 2025-2027, Mr. Bolduc will be member of University of Wisconsin-Madison's Community of Graduate Research Scholars, collaborating and exchanging ideas with professionals in various departments in the College of Letters & Sciences.

 

Mr. Bolduc has participated in competitions and music festivals in the United States, Netherlands, Italy and Austria. He has received additional lessons, mentorship and coachings from Rictor Noren, Bayla Keyes, Julia Glenn, Marcus Thompson, Mark Gothoni, I-Hao Lee and James Stern. Mr. Bolduc is an active performer, playing as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player. In addition to an active performing schedule, Mr. Bolduc teaches violin lessons privately and coaches violin, chamber music and orchestra in public school systems, youth orchestra programs and summer festivals.

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He performs on a 2020 by Benjamin Ruth violin and F. Valino bow courtesy of JonPaul Bows.