Oliver Schroer is a unique Canadian violinist/composer who, over the course of eight original CDs and many more productions, has defined his own recognizable sound and style. Schroer stands tall as one of the leading voices of folk composition in Canada.
He has performed across North America and Europe on his own and with a wide variety of top acts in venues ranging from intimate clubs to New York’s Lincoln Center. He has been a featured guest on virtually every leading Canadian national radio show, and has been the subject of numerous special broadcasts.
Schroer's playing appears on over 100 albums of new traditional, acoustic, and popular music. He has recorded and performed with American songwriting legends Jimmy Webb and Barry Mann, Canadian singers Loreena McKennitt, Sylvia Tyson, Marc Jordan, George Fox, and Valdy, acoustic guitar maven Jesse Cook, East Coast rockers Great Big Sea, West Coast rockers Spirit of the West and CBC's Stewart McLean-Vinyl Cafe Orchestra, to name but a few.
Schroer has composed over 1,000 pieces and has recorded eight CDs of his own compositions. Oliver has also produced eleven albums for the Somerset label, two of which have gone Gold. Of the roughly thirty albums Oliver has produced, eight have been nominated for a Juno Award (Canadian equivalent of a Grammy). He has also done soundtrack work, both in Canada and Stateside. Schroer’s playing can be heard on the award winning television series Angels in America and on Lemony Snickett, a Series of Unfortunate Events.
