A native of North Haven, Connecticut, violinist Myles Mocarski holds the position of Principal Second Violin with the Louisville Orchestra. Prior to joining the Louisville Orchestra in the 2024–2025 season, Myles held the position of Principal Second Violin with the Richmond Symphony in Virginia during the 2023–2024 season. As a student, he held section violin positions with the Albany Symphony and the Eastern Connecticut Symphony. He has also been engaged as a substitute violinist with the Washington National Opera.

Myles began playing the violin at the age of 15 after being first exposed to the instrument and to classical music from anaccomplished violin student at his high school. After taking infrequent violin lessons for a year, he was mostly self-taught when he entered the University of Connecticut at the age of 18 as student of speech language hearing science. He successfully auditioned for the UConn music program during the middle of his freshman year, and through the encouragement of his professor, Solomiya Ivakhiv, decided to pursue his dream of becoming a professional violinist.

He graduated from UConn in 2016 with a dual degree in music and speech language hearing science, summa cum laude and as an honors scholar. He subsequently earned an MM and DMA from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2019 and 2023 respectively, where he held an ensemble assistantship. He feels so excited every day to be working as a professional orchestral violinist and is immensely grateful for the encouragement of all his teachers, mentors, friends, and family.

What do you enjoy most about performing with the Louisville Orchestra?

Working with all of my wonderful collegues.

In what ways do you think the Louisville Orchestra can make the greatest impact on our community?

By reaching as many people as possible through expanded programming and broader representation in our repertoire. When we grow our audience and present music that reflects diverse voices and experiences, we build deeper connections across the community and create space for everyone to see themselves in the art.