Drew Tretick

Drew Tretick is a Juilliard School graduate and Presidential Scholar in the Arts who works professionally as violinist and violist, composer, and also has an acting background. He is a favorite featured entertainer at Disneyland to tens of thousands of visitors from around the world. During a US tour, Andrea Bocelli invited Drew to appear with him for an important charity appearance. As spokesperson for CMI, the mega-musical conglomerate, he gave presentations around the world at conventions and trade shows. Tretick executive-produced a highly acclaimed recording, "Cinema Classics" with the London Symphony Orchestra and another with the Slovak National Symphony. He also wrote and appeared in his own educational video program that became a hit to school music classrooms in the US and Europe. He has recorded on soundtracks for major motion pictures and appeared on television and radio for PBS, NPR, ABC, NBC, and ESPN. He has also recorded and performed on stage with Tony Bennett, Ivan Gancedo, Stevie Wonder, Chris Isaak, Glenn Campbell, Sandy Patti, Doc Severinsen, Mike Garson (pianist for David Bowie) and the late John Denver. Olympic gold pair skaters have performed to his music in competition as well as for the Olympic Champions On Ice tour. Karen Chen, a current U.S. Figure Skating champion, took home gold setting the highest competition score ever skating to Tretick's spirited version of The Godfather, which he recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra. Drew began violin at age five and was performing professionally by his early teens. During this time he was very involved in community theater and took acting classes. As a high school senior at the North Carolina School of the Arts, he was nominated by the Commission on Presidential Scholars to compete at Princeton University. From that winning performance and through several written essays, he was recognized as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, as appointed by the President of the United States. He was then accepted to the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City. From his high academic standing, he was awarded the Lincoln Center Scholarship and completed both his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in only four years. His Juilliard master recital was the first ever in the school's history to include a synthesizer electronic violin, and this innovative performance was broadcast over National Public Radio. He also studied and performed two summer seasons at the Aspen Colorado Music Festival. Upon graduating from Juilliard, he was appointed Associate Professor and one of the youngest faculty members ever at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has toured extensively around the world to Asia, Europe, Canada and throughout the United States. Mr. Tretick also holds a Master of Business (MBA) degree. All members of his family are professional musicians and members of major symphonies, and his mother and father have had distinguished performing and teaching careers.