Evan Buttemer studied viola under Jodi Levitz at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, as part of the Chamber Music Masters program. He has performed with many ensembles in the Bay Area and beyond, including the Ives Collective, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Opera Parallel, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, the Magik*Magik Orchestra, One Found Sound, Ninth Planet, California Symphony, Sacramento Philharmonic, Reno Philharmonic, Thunder Bay Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, Stockton Symphony, Oakland Symphony, Monterey Symphony, and the San Francisco Symphony.
In addition to his active freelance career, Evan is the founder of a sustainability initiative developing innovative 3D printing hardware, and sustainable biopolymer manufacturing technology.