Megan Healy is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Colorado Boulder studying violin performance and pedagogy. While at CU, she has served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant to Károly Schranz and Harumi Rhodes, the former and current second violinists in the world-renowned Takács quartet. As a teaching assistant, Megan provides weekly technique lessons to Masters and Undergraduate violin performance majors. Megan also holds Master of Music and Artist Diploma degrees from Western Michigan University, where she served as Graduate Teaching Assistant to Professor Renata Artman Knific, providing private instruction to undergraduate music therapy, music education, music composition, and music technology majors. Megan holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance from the University of Iowa under the tutelage of Dr. Scott Conklin. She has studied viola performance with Professor Igor Fedotov and Dr. Megan Gray.

Megan enjoys a multifaceted career as a freelance performing artist and teacher. Current projects include lectures on teaching adult beginners and special needs populations for the American String Teachers Association, as well as an album of five new works for solo violin written by American female composers, inspired by and dedicated to Maud Powell. These works will be performed in a variety of contexts, including a recital tour, interdisciplinary performances, educational and outreach programs.

Megan currently performs with the Boulder Philharmonic, Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Fort Collins Symphony, Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, Steamboat Springs Symphony Orchestra, and the Colorado Pops Orchestra, and has held positions with the Kalamazoo, Southwest Michigan, Southeast Iowa, and Holland (MI) symphony orchestras. Recent special engagements have included a performance as guest soloist with the Elgin (IL) Youth Symphony, interdisciplinary collaborations with Life/Art Dance Ensemble, and the live premiere of Julián Brijaldo's Atravesa'o for violin and delay pedal.

My primary goal as a teacher is make playing the violin/viola easy and fun. My teaching begins with a strong technical foundation. Having strong basics allows the violinist/violist to play their instrument with ease, having the freedom to play musically and creatively. I provide students with a balance of scales and arpeggios, etudes and technical exercises, classic repertoire, and supplement with fiddle, pop, and jazz tunes. It is my goal as a teacher to "decode" each individual student's personal learning style. I strive to create a fun and safe learning environment and to instill the values of lifelong learning, curiosity, and improvement in my students.