Roseminna Watson is most known as a classical violinist, however in recent years she has begun to emerge as a singer, composer, and multimedia artist as well. Roseminna holds a B.A in Visual Art from Yale University, an M.M. in Violin Performance from Stony Brook University, and an A.D. in Chamber Music from San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She is the former first violinist of the prize-winning Aiana String Quartet and the recipient of numerous awards and much acclaim through collaborations with renowned artists including Menahem Pressler, Donald Weilerstein, Jean-Michel Fonteneau, Axel Strauss, Paul Hersh, David Tanenbaum, Jennifer Culp, and Jodi Levitz.
Ms. Watson is fascinated by the human body as a vehicle that can carry us closer to the divine. Her artistry is imbued with a haunting immediacy and poignant nostalgia. She is a member of Providence-based new music collective Verdant Vibes, a founding member of Humming Owl — a duo with her singer/songwriter/sitarist husband, Pablo Escalante — and she curates the Cape Cod summer concert series Music in the Studio, a collaboration with painter Cammie Watson.
In March of 2020, Roseminna founded Pandemic Polyphony — an ever-expanding platform for collaborative connection between creators of all kinds across the boundaries of physical distance and isolation. All work created through the project can be found in the gallery at pandemicpolyphony.org. She recently returned from performing the world premieres of two commissioned works —Crucible / Beloved for violin and voice, and Triptych, A Priori : Logic of the Interior for violin, clarinet, piano and track. Roseminna is looking forward to the 2025 release of Lullabies for Icarus, her set of miniatures for violin and her voice, will be released this spring on Verdant Vibes’ debut album, and you can find her solo album, Limbic Hymnal (2017), as well as Ravel Duo Sonata for Violin and Cello (2022), at roseminnawatson.com.
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