Johannes Dietrich, a native of Bozeman, Montana, joined the faculty of Lebanon Valley College in 1995. As the Newton and Adelaide Burgner Professor in Instrumental Music, he directs the LV C Symphony Orchestra, teaches conducting, string methods, applied violin and viola, and coaches chamber music ensembles.

As a violinist and chamber musician, he has performed throughout the United States, as well as in Austria and Italy. He is a founding member of the Majore Trio, and as a member of Duo Terlano, performs regularly with his wife, the cellist Marie-Aline Cadieux. He has released two CDs—Solo Journeys, which includes the World Premiere of Scott Eggerts Adagia for solo violin and the Duo Terlano recording, Whimsies.

Dr. Dietrich has conducted festival, district, regional and All State orchestras from New Jersey to Montana. He made his opera-conducting debut with the Berks Opera Workshop, leading their production of Massenet’s Thais. He is also active as a clinician, regularly offering workshops throughout the northeast on violin technique, pedagogy, and ensemble playing. He has served as President of the Pennsylvania/Delaware String Teachers Association, and received that organization’s Outstanding Orchestra Director of the Year award.

Dr. Dietrich studied with Helmut Zehetmair at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, with Johan Jonsson at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, and with Constantine Kiradjieff at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, from which he holds a Master of Music degree in Violin Performance and a Doctorate in Violin Performance and Conducting.