Instrument: Violin

Violinist Audrey Pride enjoys a varied career performing both chamber and orchestral music. She joined the Richmond Symphony as a full-time violinist in their 23/24 season. Before this, she held core positions with the Grand Rapids Symphony and Knoxville Symphony, and was also a contracted violinist in the Dayton Philharmonic. Audrey has also performed with such orchestras as the Nashville, New World and Utah Symphonies,the Louisville Orchestra, and the Williamsburg (VA) Symphony. Recent summer musical activities include the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, the Wintergreen Music Festival, the Torrey Chamber Music Festival (Torrey, UT), and Appalachian Chamber Music Festival (Harpers Ferry, WV).

Audrey attended Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and received her bachelor’s degree in violin performance studying with Mark Kaplan. She completed her master’s degree with fellowship at Northwestern University, studying with Blair Milton, and at the same time, was a member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra. Additional studies include the Aspen Music Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Maestro Lorin Maazel’s Castleton Music Festival, and the National Repertory Orchestra.

An advocate of making music study accessible to wider communities, Audrey taught violin in the Dayton Philharmonic’s daily after-school El Sistema program for several years. A fan particularly of fiddle music, Audrey is always excited at the opportunity to explore and perform music that bridges the gap between traditional western classical music and other musical genres.