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John T. Posadas enjoys an active career as a performer and educator. His performances have taken him across the country and abroad with appearances at the Kennedy Center, Tanglewood, Aspen, Santa Fe Opera, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, and Chautauqua. His performances have been heard on NPR stations across the country. As a chamber musician, he has won top prizes at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and is a founding member of the Baumer String Quartet. Orchestrally, he is a member of the Utah Symphony and has previously performed with the Boston Symphony, Houston Symphony, Santa Fe Opera, the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, the Naples Philharmonic, and the Chautauqua Symphony, among many others.
A sought-after clinician and teacher, Posadas has taught masterclasses and lessons at institutions across America and abroad. Recent highlights include master classes at Boston University's Tanglewood Institute, Southern Methodist University, University of Florida, University of Louisville, Concordia College, and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Before joining the Utah Symphony, he worked at the University of South Florida's School of Music, where he was a resident artist and taught both viola and chamber music. He recently joined the conservatory faculty at the Gifted Music School.
For his extraordinary service in the arts, John was named an official Kentucky Colonel at the age of 13.