Born into a musical heritage as the youngest son of the late Principal National Symphony Bassist, H. Stevens Brewster, Jr., Lee received his B.M. in Violin Performance at the Philadelphia Musical Academy in 1991. He studied violin with Assistant Concertmaster William de Pasquale and Section Violinist Frank Costanzo of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Assistant Concertmaster Elisabeth Adkins and Concertmaster William Steck of the National Symphony Orchestra. He then furthered his Chamber Music and Master Class studies at the Curtis Institute of Music, Temple University, Catholic University, Shenandoah University, The University of Maryland, and Peabody Conservatory. In December of 2000, Lee had the honor to premier the Barber Violin Concerto in Vidin, Bulgaria. In 2008, Lee released his debut recording of the Rode 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, which is currently available on both Itunes and Spotify. He was a member of the Richmond Symphony violin section from 1991 to 1997 and has been a member of the Maryland Symphony violin section since September 2001. He served as Concertmaster of the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra from 2016 to 2023. He was lead violin in String Quartets on board the Celebrity “Infinity” Cruise Ship in 2010 and the Holland America’s “Oosterdam” Cruise Ship in 2011. He also was a member of the Frederick Symphony as Principal Second Violin from 2016 to 2024.
Lee now devotes the majority of his time to teaching. He has published a violin scale book “The Brewster Scale Method” that is now available on Amazon.com and through Music and Arts. Lee served on the Violin Faculty at the Levine School of Music in Washington DC from 2012 to 2014 and is currently on the Violin/Viola faculty at the Landon School for Boys in Bethesda and the Mclean School in Potomac. Lee also joined the faculty at Sloans School of Music at the Urbana Maryland location, and Foxes Music in Falls Church, VA.
