CECILIA R. BERGER has fulfilled her passion for music and education through teaching the violin and viola for over 25 years. She received her Master of Music degree in violin performance from Bowling Green State University, OH and her Bachelor of Music in violin performance from Lawrence University, WI.
Cecilia approaches each student with fundamental practice techniques coupled with finding the methods that work best for each individual student in achieving their best as a violinist/violist/cellist and musician. She works with students of all ages, beginning and advanced, ans those with challenges such as autism and progeria.
Cecilia has performed with over 15 orchestras in her career, was the violoist in the Heidenheim quartet, Chicago, and most recently is the principal second violinist with the Pioneer Valley Symphony. She has worked with youth not only as a private lesson instructor but also is one of the founders of the Strings For Kids program in the Greenfield Public School, MA, and was the manager of the Pioneer Valley Symphony Youth Orchestra, M
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INGRID YEN received her Master of Arts in Music Performance at the University of Arts in Bern, Switzerland, studying violin with Bartek Niziol and singing with Efrat Alony. Growing up in Sharon, MA, she began learning violin in Boston with teachers including Peter Zazofsky of Boston University and Masuko Ushioda of the New England Conservatory and later served as section leader of the Boston Youth Symphony and the New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic. At age 15, she made her debut as a soloist at Sanders Theatre with the BYS, and in 2011 her piano trio won the bronze medal in the Junior division of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
Throughout her career, she has enjoyed performing in many beautiful venues across the world, from Symphony Hall in Boston to the Musikverein in Vienna. While living in New York and New Jersey, she played in the Chelsea Symphony and Symphony in C and has also attended renowned masterclass programs such as the Banff Arts Centre and the Bowdoin International Music Festival.
Ingrid holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Princeton University, where she was a member of the orchestra, concert choir, and chamber music society. In addition to musical activities, she has also worked as a software programmer.