Violin with Rowan H.

Rowan is a versatile and accomplished violinist and educator based in New York City. She has performed as a recitalist and chamber musician in Australia, Europe, and North America, playing in venues such as the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Town Hall and Melbourne Concert Hall in Australia and the Merkin Concert Hall and Weill Recital Hall in New York. She has won many awards, including 1st prize in the Gisborne International Music Competition (1996) and the Nescafe Big Break Award. She has received grants from the Australia Council for the Arts, the Queen Elizabeth II Trust, the Ian Potter Foundation, the PPCA Performer’s Trust and the Dame Joan Sutherland Fund. After moving to New York, she obtained a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in violin performance from Stony Brook University. As an orchestral violinist, Rowan has performed with the Opera Australia Orchestra and Australian Chamber Orchestra and has been a member of the West Michigan Symphony, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and the Albany Symphony Orchestra. She has taught for many organizations in NYC including the Phil Ramone Orchestra for Children and the Children’s Aid Society. She currently teaches group classes for the Harmony Program. Her private students have succeeded in NYSSMA and ABRSM violin exams up to level 7 as well as youth orchestras and international competition placement.