Violin & Viola Choir

Optional: Masterclasses

4:45 PM Arrive and find the classroom

5:00 PM Masterclasses @ Bob Jones University

Attire for Masterclasses:

Participants may wear a school orchestra shirt or a dress shirt. We ask that participants do not wear leggings or pants with holes in them for the masterclass.

Abbreviated Schedule

8:00 AM Registration at Bob Jones University

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Rehearsals & Clinics at Bob Jones University

5:30 PM Recital in Recital Hall (Double Basses will be First @ 5:00 PM followed by the Violin / Viola Choir) 

Attire for Recital:

Participants may wear the V&V 2025 shirt with Khakis or Jeans for the concert. OR they may wear a school orchestra shirt or a dress shirt. We ask that participants do not wear leggings or pants with holes in them for the concert.

• DMA, Performance, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

• MMus, Performance, Arizona State University

• BMus, Performance Violin, McGill University

Deirdre Hutton has enjoyed a varied career as a teacher, chamber musician and orchestral player. Many of her violin students have gone on to study at prestigious music schools throughout North America including: The Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, University of Texas at Austin and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. In addition, her students have been featured on the radio show From the Top and have participated in such summer festivals as the Heifetz Institute, Aspen School of Music, Bowdoin Music Festival, the New York String Seminar, National Youth Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, Meadowmount and National Orchestral Institute.Deirdre completed her Bachelor of Music in Performance at the Eastman School of Music as a student of OlehKrysa. At Northwestern University she was teaching assistant to Almita and Roland Vamos while earning a Master of Music degree.

Additional studies included intensive private study with Itzhak Rashkovsky, Royal College in London. She has given masterclasses through the US and internationally. Deirdre has been violin coach for the Greenville County Youth Orchestra’s Young Artists Orchestra for the last ten years, as well as leading violin sectionals for numerous South Carolina Regional and All State Orchestras. In addition to her work as a teacher Deirdre is an active chamber musician. As violinist and founding member of the Poinsett Piano Trio she has performed concerts throughout the US, Germany and New Zealand over the last decade. http://poinsettpianotrio.com.

She has performed in numerous orchestras in the US and Europe. Deirdre taught at Furman University for 14 years before joining the SCGSAH string faculty full time in 2020-2021 where she is now Instructor of Violin and Chamber Music and this year is also serving as interim Music Department Chair.

Education

• MMus, Performance (viola), Carnegie Mellon University

• BMus, Performance, University of North Carolina at Greensboro