Violin with Tracy O.

Tracy grew up in Bountiful, Utah and studied violin with Jack Ashton, a member of the Utah Symphony. She was chosen to be in the high school Utah All-State Orchestra for three years. She also played in the Utah Youth Symphony and Mormon Youth Symphony. Tracy attended Brigham Young University, majoring in Music Education. There, she studied viola with David Dalton. She was in the Honors Quartet for two years, and was the principal violist of the BYU Philharmonic. She went on BYU Study Abroad to Vienna for six months and toured China and Taiwan with the BYU Chamber orchestra. After graduating, she taught high school orchestra for 4 years in American Fork. She played in the Utah Valley Symphony for 22 years and currently plays in the Timpanogos Symphony. She also enjoys fiddling and played in a fiddle band for five years. Tracy does recording jobs for LA East and other local recording studios. She has taught violin, viola, cello, and piano for 30 years and studied Suzuki training with several teachers. She has seven children who all play a stringed instrument. Tracy loves teaching music lessons!