Martin Jarvis

Martin Jarvis OAM (born 17 September 1951, Ebbw Vale, Wales) is an Australian violinist and viola player, founder of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, and professor and lecturer of music at Charles Darwin University in Darwin, Northern Territory. Personal and professional life He won a scholarship to the Welsh College of Music, Cardiff, where he studied violin under Garfield Phillips, concertmaster of the BBC Welsh Orchestra. He studied 197175 at the Royal Academy of Music, London, under Clarence Myerscough for violin and Winifred Copperwheat for viola. Jarvis founded the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, which gave its first concert in 1989 - he ended his term as its artistic director at the end of 2009. Jarvis is professor and lecturer of music at Charles Darwin University (CDU) where he teaches viola, violin, and conducting, and is director of the CDU Confucius Institute.