Martha Mooke is a Grammy Award-winning, pioneering electric violist/composer, highly regarded for her artistry, music advocacy, and innovative educational programs. A self-described “Creative Instigator” transcending stylistic boundaries, she empowers others to discover their inner creative voice.
Founder and Artistic Director of the Scorchio Quartet, Mooke and Scorchio are featured on David Bowie’s Heathen, Trey Anastasio’s Live From Princeton, and Carla Patullo’s Grammy-winning album So She Howls, and perform as resident quartet in the Tibet House Benefit Concerts at Carnegie Hall produced by Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson. She has toured with Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Peter Gabriel, and Star Wars in Concert, and performed with David Bowie, Philip Glass, Elton John, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and Tony Bennett among others. Martha is featured on Laurie Anderson’s Nonesuch release, Amelia.
She has been a speaker at PopTech, SXSW EDU, NAMM/CMS, National and Regional Music Conferences including ASTA and NJMEA, and popular podcasts. Mooke received the prestigious ASCAP Concert Music Award for creating and producing ASCAP’s new music showcase THRU THE WALLS featuring boundary defying composer/performers.
Mooke, a longtime Yamaha Artist and Eventide’s first Artist-in-Residence, created and directs the cutting edge, Multi-Style Strings program at New Jersey City University.
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