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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. Fabian Lopez and Dr. Nancy Bargerstock, respectively. |
Kelsey Philbrick
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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.
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.