Johannes Dietrich
Newton and Adelaide Burgner Endowed Professor of Instrumental Music
Director of the LVC Symphony Orchestra
Email: dietrich@lvc.edu
Phone: 717-867-6281
Office Location: Blair 217
Website: http://www.duoterlano.com/
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 LVC 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, Germany, and Italy. As a member of Duo Terlano, he performs regularly with his wife, cellist Marie-Aline Cadieux. He has released two CDs – Solo Journeys, which includes the World Premiere of Scott Eggert’s “Adagia” for solo violin and the Duo Terlano recording, Whimsies.
As a conductor, Dr. Dietrich has led 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 has served as President of the College Orchestra Director’s Association Northeast region. Recently the Lebanon Valley College Symphony Orchestra, under Dr. Dietrich’s leadership, was awarded third place in the America Prize Orchestral Programming competition. His college orchestra has toured Austria, Italy, Ireland and the Czech Republic, with performances by special invitation at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, and the world- renowned Rudolfinum in Prague. The LVC Symphony Orchestra returned to Europe in May, 2023, with performances in Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria.
Dr. Dietrich is 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” and “Outstanding Studio Teacher” awards.
Dr. Dietrich began studying the violin at the age of five, and shortly thereafter began lessons on the piano. He has 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.
His students have been prizewinners and finalists in both State and National competitions, and have been accepted into leading undergraduate and graduate music programs. Many have gone on to become successful teachers and performers in their own right.
During breaks in his schedule, Dr. Dietrich can often be found backpacking through the wilds of Montana, cross-country skiing, fly fishing on secluded streams, or cooking elegant meals with his wife.