Violin

Center Stage: Opportunities, Courses & Inspiration

• Performance Opportunities

  Performance opportunities abound for violin students

  • Piccolo Spoleto Festival: Perform in the Piccolo Spoleto Festival and other career-launching performance opportunities in the Charleston community.
    
    
  • Orchestra: Take part in the College of Charleston orchestra under the direction of faculty member and Charleston Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Yuriy Bekker.
    
    
  • Chamber Groups: Perform in chamber groups under the direction of internationally renowned pianist Volodymyr Vynnysky.
    
    
  • Recitals: Student recitals in the vibrant cultural atmosphere of the city of Charleston.
    
    
  • Competitions & Festivals: College of Charleston violin students have been winners and finalists at prestigious competitions including the U.S. Music Teachers’ National Association, Collegiate Virtuoso Concerto Competition, and South Carolina Music Teachers Association Competition.
• Courses Offered

  Programs of study for Violin at the College of Charleston include a Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance and a two-year Post-Baccalaureate Arist in Residency for students preparing for graduate school or professional performance careers.

  • Applied Music: Violin
  • Repertory Class: Violin
  • Ensemble
  • Performance

  Music B.A. Courses in the Catalog
• Renowned Faculty

  As a College of Charleston student in violin performance, you will learn from a renowned faculty of acclaimed performers and recording artists.

  Multiple award-winning violinist Lee-Chin Siow, who traces her musical lineage to legendary composers and violinists Eugène Ysaÿe and Henryk Wieniawkski, combines a stellar international performance career with teaching, wowing audiences in more than 20 countries on five continents while nurturing the next generation of young violinists in the College of Charleston and beyond.
  
  Her students have won top prizes in international competitions and gained admission to prestigious schools including Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Northwestern University Bienen School of Music, Johns Hopkins University, Boston University, University of Michigan, University of Cincinnati. 

  • Read Lee-Chin Siow's Bio

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  Every student in the program benefits from intensive personal attention through weekly private lessons with Professor Siow.

  The holistic program develops students in solo, ensemble and orchestra performance. You will have studio and technique classes, and receive dedicated chamber music and orchestra training to enhance your development for a performance career.