Anthony Morales

The current Orchestra Director of the prestigious Boston Latin School and Boston String Academy, Anthony Morales is a critically sought after musician in the Boston area. A graduate

from the acclaimed violin studio of Eva Szekely at the University of Missouri Columbia, Anthony held an assistantship in the MU Graduate String Quartet, served as concertmaster of the MU philharmonic, and served as concertmaster in the Columbia Civic Orchestra. 

As a violinist, he has performed as a featured soloist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, as the winner of the Emerging Artists competition, with the University of Maryville, and with Webster University as winner of their annual concerto competition. Anthony has been recipient of the Allen Carl Larson Endowed Scholarship at Webster University, The Catherine and Rogers Whitemore String Award, the Leah L. Emmons Orchestral Award, and winner of the distinguished Zoltan Szekely Performance Award. 

Currently, Anthony performs with the Vista Philharmonic Orchestra, the Boston Festival Orchestra, and is a regular musician accompanying top Grammy award winners such as Andrea Bocelli and Audra Mcdonald. In addition to performing, Anthony is a uniquely devoted teacher and conductor with the Boston Latin School (one of the top ten high schools in the country) and Boston String Academy (the premier El Sistema program in the United States). Anthony is highly energetic and passionate for music and does not settle for anything less in his teaching.

Anthony has had the privilege to perform in masterclasses for musicians such as; Ray Chen, Sherry Kloss, Mimi Zweig, Donald Weilerstein, Paul Bliss, Julie Rosenfeld, the Philharmonia Quartet Berlin, David Kim, Aaron Rosand, and David Halen. Anthony has studied privately with Lucy Kaymakanova, Amy Oshiro, David Gillham, Eva Szekely, and pianist Daniel Schene.