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Dr. Nathan Groot is a music instructor at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts. He directs the string ensemble and teaches one-on-one applied string lessons among other music courses. Dr. Groot holds degrees from Tennessee Tech University (BS in music performance and pedagogy), Miami University (MM in music performance), and the University of Georgia (DMA in music performance).
Dr. Groot has experience as an orchestral, chamber, and solo performer. As a soloist, he has performed in the United States, Bulgaria, and Austria, and has also performed and recorded multiple world premieres. Dr. Groot has also won multiple awards and competitions as a chamber musician including the national American Viola Society Ensemble Invitational Competition in 2021. As an orchestral violist, he frequently performs with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and Conway Symphony Orchestra. Previously, he performed in both principal and section roles with the Bryan Symphony Orchestra, the Rome Symphony Orchestra, and the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra. He has also recorded television soundtracks in Nashville, Tenn., (History Channel’s Vikings) and for a documentary with songwriter/performer Kishi Bashi.
Prior to teaching at ASMSA, Dr. Groot worked as a Presidential research fellow, taught university-level musicology and string techniques courses, co-founded a non-profit for low-income music students, served as viola faculty and chamber coach at the Tennessee Tech Summer Music Institute, worked as the strings director for the New Horizons Strings Ensemble, and taught hundreds of students of all ages privately. In Arkansas music education, Dr. Groot currently serves as the South Region treasurer for ASBOA and President-Elect of the Arkansas Chapter of the American String Teachers Association.
Outside of teaching music, Dr. Groot enjoys spending time with family and friends, hiking with his dog, reading (with a hot cup of coffee), and birdwatching.