Violinist Clayton Tillotson holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in violin performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied with David Perry and was awarded a full scholarship position in UW-Madison’s graduate Hunt Quartet. He also earned an artist diploma from The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory in Toronto, where he studied with Paul Kantor. Clayton regularly performs with ensembles such as the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, has served as guest concertmaster with the Wisconsin Philharmonic, and has performed live on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The Midday.” In addition to performing, Clayton also maintains a private teaching studio and coaches chamber music and orchestral violin sectionals for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras. His students have recently won awards in the Saint Paul String Quartet Competition and the Chicago National Chamber Music Competition. Clayton currently plays a Parisian violin from 1855 by Charles Adolphe Gand and a bow by Joseph Arthur Vigneron circa 1895.