Sam Lorenzini, a native of Seal Beach, California, began studying violin at eight years old with Marcy Sudock. He has been the concertmaster of Musique Sur La Mer Youth Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra and won the highest honors 4 years in a row at the Los Alamitos-Seal Beach Solo and Ensemble Festival. Sam has been the featured soloist with MSLMYSO and MSLMCO both locally and abroad and has performed in numerous international venues including the Wiener Musikverein in Vienna, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Sydney Opera House, and the Teatro Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Sam received his Bachelor of Arts with an emphasis in Music Education from UCLA where he studied with Margaret Lysy. He then continued his education with a Master of Music degree in violin performance at the Bob Cole Conservatory at CSULB where he studied with Henry Gronnier. While pursuing this degree, Sam served as violist in the University String Quartet where he had the opportunity to participate in an intensive string quartet project with Midori Goto during the winter and spring of 2016. The quartet had a series of outreach performances with Ms. Goto, performing Britten’s String Quartet No. 2. In 2019, Sam returned to UCLA as violist for the VEM String Quartet and completed a second master’s degree in viola performance, studying under Che-Yen Chen. Sam remains a dedicated teacher and performer and is currently serving as Director of Orchestras at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica.
