Mrs. Elizabeth Ivy Wilson

Violinist Elizabeth Ivy Wilson has appeared internationally as a chamber and orchestral musician. A proud Suzuki kid, her life-long passion for the violin started at the age of 4 when she began Suzuki violin studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music under Rebecca Ensworth and Michelle Higa George. In 1996, it is important to mention that Elizabeth had the honor and pleasure of playing for and meeting Dr. Suzuki and Mrs. Suzuki in their home along with participating in the 42nd Suzuki Grand Concert in Tokyo, Japan.
As an orchestral musician Mrs. Wilson has performed with various New England orchestras, and has toured with the international symphony, Philharmonia of the Nations. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in 2009 from the New England Conservatory of Music where she studied violin performance under Lucy Chapman and Marylou Speaker Churchill.

Upon moving to Greenville, Mrs. Ivy Wilson supplemented her studies by earning a double certificate in Violin Performance under Ara Gregorian and Suzuki Pedagogy under Joanne Bath at East Carolina University. She is an active freelance musician and performs regularly with The Long Bay Symphony in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and also is a substitute violinist for the Greenville Symphony Orchestra of Greenville, SC.  Her private studio, Ivy School for Violin maintains approximately 30 students at all times. Her students have been known to be accepted into schools such as CIM amongst other prestigious institutions. Mrs. Ivy Wilson has appeared as a clinician with various organizations such as the North Carolina Suzuki Institute, the STAHR workshop in Norfolk, VA as well as an alumni artist with the Summer Chamber Music Institute at East Carolina University. She is currently serving on the board of Greenville NC ‘s Eastern Youth Orchestra as well as of this year currently acting as president of the Eastern NC Suzuki Association. Elizabeth happily resides in Greenville, NC with her loving husband Ben, ever so lively son Cole and their awesome dog, Watson.