Dr. Quinton Morris enjoys a multifaceted career as a violinist, educator, entrepreneur, and filmmaker. He has performed and given master classes around the world including venues at Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House,The Louvre Museum, Cincinnati, Nashville, and Seattle Symphony Orchestras, the University of Paris at Dauphine, Dong-Eui University (Korea), Monash University (Australia), Tumani University (Tanzania), Bentley Music Academy (Malaysia), Royal Conservatorie The Hague (Netherlands), The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and the National Taiwan Normal University, among many others.

Dr. Morris is the executive director and founder of Key to Change, a non-profit violin and viola studio serving South King County that focuses on creating opportunities for young musicians of color and those from underserved, lower socio-economic backgrounds. Hundreds of students have received world-class music instruction under his tutelage. Students enrolled at Key to Change have won local awards, appeared as concert soloists with the Seattle Symphony and other regional symphony orchestras, and performed for Vice President Kamala Harris and Dr. Jill Biden, the First Lady of the United States.

Dr. Morris is the recipient of numerous awards including the Seattle University’s “Outstanding Teaching Award” and “Outstanding Scholarship & Creative Endeavors, Seattle Magazine’s “Most Influential Educator Award for 2024”, the Pathfinder Award from the Puget Sound Association of Phi Beta Kappa, The Boston Conservatory at Berklee Distinguished Alumni Award, and the Outstanding Studio Teacher Award by the Washington State Chapter of the
American String Teachers Association.

He is also the recipient of the Governor’s Arts Award, the Seattle Mayor’s Arts Award, the first place “Diamond Award” at the European Independent Film Awards, and the “Bronze Award” at the Global Music Awards. Delta Air Lines and the Seattle Seahawks also presented him with the Delta Community Captain Award.

Dr. Morris is the Professor of Violin at Seattle University. He is the first Black man to receive the rank of Professor in any academic field in Seattle University’s College of Arts & Sciences and is the second living Black violinist in United States history with the title. The role of Professor is the highest rank in academia, which is only held by 29% of university faculty nationwide. He is also the host of Unmute The Voices, the radio show and video series that is sponsored by Classical
KING.

Dr. Morris holds a doctorate in violin performance from the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied with Daniel Ching, the first violinist in the Miro Quartet. He also holds a Master of Music degree from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where he studied with Lynn Chang and Irina Muresanu.