About the Director

James (Jamey) Strauss is a music teacher and violinist from Austin, TX. Jamey is committed to instilling an enthusiastic and positive attitude towards music in the minds of young students. Most recently, Jamey was the Orchestra Director at Deerpark Middle School in Round Rock, TX.

Jamey completed his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a faculty member of the UT String Project, teaching students as young as 4 years old and as old as high school seniors. He studied violin with Professor Sandy Yamamoto, and was also a committed member of the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Farkhad Khudyev.

Jamey is an alumni Lake Travis High School, and was an active member of both the Lake Travis HS Orchestra and the Lake Travis Fiddlers. As a member of the Lake Travis Orchestra, Jamey earned placement into the Texas All-State Orchestra in 2018.

Outside of teaching, he enjoys spending time with his fiance, Joanna, and his cat, Sonnie, as well as playing softball and reading good books!