Keir GoGwilt is a violinist, composer, and musicologist who was born in Edinburgh and grew up in New York City. He has soloed with groups including the Sinfonieorchester Basel, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Chinese National Symphony, Orquesta Filarmonica de Santiago, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and the La Jolla Symphony. He is an artist-in-residence for JACK quartet’s 2023-25 Studio, a frequent collaborator with Ruckus Early Music, and a founding member of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC). Some of his composition projects include his Zarabanda Variations for AMOC, as well as duo projects with Kyle Motl, Johnny Chang, and Celeste Oram. GoGwilt earned his PhD in Music from UC San Diego in 2022 and was awarded the Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal. His research on histories and philosophies of performance and pedagogy has been published in the Bach Journal, Current Musicology, Naxos Musicology, and the Orpheus Institute Series.