Kelsey Philbrick

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Kelsey Philbrick is a professional violinist and educator currently residing in New
York City. Born on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and raised in the Chapel Hill, North
Carolina area, Kelsey began her violin studies at age 8 in the Suzuki Method.
Kelsey went on to pursue Violin Performance degrees from UNC-Greensboro and
Appalachian State University, where she studied with Dr. Fabián López and Dr.
Nancy Bargerstock, respectively.

Kelsey has performed with numerous symphonies and chamber groups in the
United States and Canada. She has served as Assistant Concertmaster and
soloist with the Symphony of the Mountains in TN and the Western Piedmont
Symphony in NC. She has also performed with the Richmond Symphony,
Greensboro Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, and Paramount Chamber
Players, to name a few. Kelsey has attended summer festivals including the
Brevard Music Festival, Hot Springs Music Festival, Richard Luby International
Violin Symposium, the Eastern Music Festival as a String Fellow, and the Pacific
Region International Music Academy in British Columbia. She has performed for
many prestigious professors, orchestral players, and conductors in lessons and
masterclasses, including Andrés Cárdenes, Martin Chalifour, Richard Roberts,
Carla Leurs, and Gerard Schwartz, among others. Beyond classical music, Kelsey
has experience performing in diverse styles including pop, rock, and old-time. She
has shared the stage with performers from James Ehnes, Anne Akiko Meyers, and
Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg, to Michael Bublé, Mannheim Steamroller, and the
Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Kelsey has received traditional pedagogy training at Appalachian State University
and Suzuki training from East Carolina University. She has experience teaching
private lessons to students of a variety of ages and levels through music schools
such as the Chapel Hill School of Musical Arts, the App State Community Music
School, and St. Mary's Music Academy. She has also taught as an Adjunct
Instructor of Violin at Appalachian State University and Guilford College.
Since moving to NYC, Kelsey has assisted students in orchestral, classroom, and
private lesson settings through the Joyous Music School and the Harmony
Program. Kelsey has performed with the Chelsea Symphony, the Symphony of
Westchester, and at Carnegie Hall with the New York International Chamber
Orchestra. Kelsey plays on a 2008 Italian violin made by Andrea DeMeo.