Drew Tretick
- Composer
- Music Department
Drew Tretick is a Juilliard School graduate and Presidential Scholar in
the Arts who works professionally as violinist and violist, composer,
and also has an acting background. He is a favorite featured
entertainer at Disneyland to tens of thousands of visitors from around
the world. During a US tour, Andrea Bocelli invited Drew to appear with
him for an important charity appearance. As spokesperson for CMI, the
mega-musical conglomerate, he gave presentations around the world at
conventions and trade shows. Tretick executive-produced a highly
acclaimed recording, "Cinema Classics" with the London Symphony
Orchestra and another with the Slovak National Symphony. He also wrote
and appeared in his own educational video program that became a hit to
school music classrooms in the US and Europe. He has recorded on
soundtracks for major motion pictures and appeared on television and
radio for PBS, NPR, ABC, NBC, and ESPN. He has also recorded and
performed on stage with Tony Bennett, Ivan Gancedo, Stevie Wonder,
Chris Isaak, Glenn Campbell, Sandy Patti, Doc Severinsen, Mike Garson
(pianist for David Bowie) and the late John Denver. Olympic gold pair
skaters have performed to his music in competition as well as for the
Olympic Champions On Ice tour. Karen Chen, a current U.S. Figure
Skating champion, took home gold setting the highest competition score
ever skating to Tretick's spirited version of The Godfather, which he
recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra. Drew began violin at age
five and was performing professionally by his early teens. During this
time he was very involved in community theater and took acting classes.
As a high school senior at the North Carolina School of the Arts, he
was nominated by the Commission on Presidential Scholars to compete at
Princeton University. From that winning performance and through several
written essays, he was recognized as a Presidential Scholar in the
Arts, as appointed by the President of the United States. He was then
accepted to the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City. From his
high academic standing, he was awarded the Lincoln Center Scholarship
and completed both his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in only
four years. His Juilliard master recital was the first ever in the
school's history to include a synthesizer electronic violin, and this
innovative performance was broadcast over National Public Radio. He
also studied and performed two summer seasons at the Aspen Colorado
Music Festival. Upon graduating from Juilliard, he was appointed
Associate Professor and one of the youngest faculty members ever at
Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has toured extensively around
the world to Asia, Europe, Canada and throughout the United States. Mr.
Tretick also holds a Master of Business (MBA) degree. All members of
his family are professional musicians and members of major symphonies,
and his mother and father have had distinguished performing and
teaching careers.