Beth Wenstrom

violin

Beth Wenstrom's performances have been described by The New Yorker as "elegant and sensual, stylishly wild." As an early music specialist, Ms. Wenstrom can be heard performing with Apollo's Fire, Trinity Wall Street Baroque Orchestra, Concert Royal, Early Music New York (Fred Renz,director), and Clarion Music Society. As soloist and concertmaster she has performed under the direction of William Christie and Christopher Hogwood in Juilliard415. Ms. Wenstrom is committed to furthering emerging artistic visions in such groups as Chicago-based Wayward Sisters and St. Paul's Flying Forms.

In addition to performing, Ms. Wenstrom is a committed and dynamic pedagogue. She has taught undergraduates at Stony Brook University and has been invited to coach baroque ensembles at Rutgers University and SUNY Stony Brook.

Born, raised and musically trained in Fairbanks, Alaska, Ms. Wenstrom continued her education with a BM from Oberlin Conservatory, an MM from NEC and a DMA from SUNY Stony Brook. Most recently, she received a Graduate Diploma from The Juilliard School in the inaugural class of the historical performance division, where she studied baroque violin with Cynthia Roberts and Monica Huggett. Her principal modern teachers have included Marilyn McDonald, Lucy Chapman, Pamela Frank and Soovin Kim.

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