Norman Bernal
Principal Violin, Orchestra Coach
Norman Bernal was born and Lima , Peru. He attended the National Conservatory of Music studying violin with Harold Franken. Musical studies continued at Southern College, Tennessee, Andrews University , Michigan, Ball State University, Indiana and Leslie University, Massachusetts. He has toured South America, Central America Europe and U.S. as a violinist and conductor. After a successful tour of Leningrad he recorded with the Leningrad Radio and Television Orchestra and the Leningrad Classic Orchestra. For ten years he was the Director of the Chamber Music Program at Georgia’s Governor’s Honors Program. Mr. Bernal has taught at Pacific Union College in California, Gwinnett County Public Schools. As a performer he was Concertmaster of the Gainesville Symphony Orchestra, Georgia and a Founding Member of the Atlantis String Quartet. Presently he is Music Director and Conductor of DaSalo Solisti Chamber Orchestra, Atlanta, Georgia.