Dr. Elizabeth MacCorquodale

Dr. Elizabeth’s students have performed in such acclaimed venues as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and Citi Field and have received top scores in New York State School Music Association Exams (NYSSMA), the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Exams (ABRSM). Her most dedicated students have been accepted into top universities in the country such as NYU, Bard University, Juilliard Pre-College and Rutgers University and have been featured in broadcasts for radio and TV stations including FOX News, the Don Francisco Show on NBC, the Harry Connick Jr. Show on Fox, SAT. 1 TV in Germany, for President Obama at the National Tree Lighting Ceremony, Good Morning America on ABC News.

Dr. Elizabeth has been actively involved in the training of young violinists in NYC and abroad for the past ten years. She currently maintains a private violin studio in the California Bay Area, serves on the faculty of the New Mozart School in Palo Alto and performs with the Santa Cruz Symphony. Dr. Elizabeth was previously on the faculty of Stony Brook University Undergraduate Chamber Music, Stony Brook University Pre-College, the Herald School of Music and the Joyous School of Music in New York.

She has performed as soloist with orchestras in Canada and the United States, receiving numerous awards and scholarships. She was the 2nd prize winner of the Frank Preuss International Violin Competition in Ibague, Colombia, “special prize” winner of the Diabelli International Chamber Competition in 2012, 1st prize winner of the Columbus State University Concerto Competition, 2008, 2nd prize winner of the LaGrange Young Artist’s Competition in 2008, top prize winner of the Canadian National Chamber Music Festival 2005, and 1st prize winner of the Atlanta Community Orchestra Competition.

Dr. Elizabeth’s studies have taken her across the globe from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, to the University of Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, the Schwob School of Music in Georgia, USA, the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and Stony Brook University in New York where she completed her doctoral studies. Her primary teachers include Hagai Shaham, Philip Setzer of the Emerson Quartet, Silvia Marcovici, Sergiu Schwartz, and Vilmos Szabadi.

For more information about Dr. Elizabeth please visit www.elizabethmaccorquodale.com