Katelyn Lyons Peaden

Katelyn Lyons Peaden, violin, has amassed many years of solo and orchestral performance experience in concert halls across the United States and abroad.  These great halls include the John F. Kennedy’s Concert Hall, Millennium Stage, and Terrace Theater in Washington D.C., the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, and Severance Hall in Cleveland. Katelyn is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music where she earned her dual Master’s Degree in Violin Performance and Suzuki Pedagogy, as well as her Bachelor’s Degree in Violin Performance. Katelyn’s primary violin instructors include William Preucil (Former Concertmaster) and Stephen Rose (Principal Second) of the Cleveland Orchestra, as well as Elisabeth Adkins (Former Associate Concertmaster) and Holly Hamilton (Former 1st Violinist) of the National Symphony Orchestra.  

Katelyn has been the Concertmaster of the Paragon Philharmonia and the Principal Second Violinist of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra.  She was a Non-Rotating First Violinist of the Canton Symphony Orchestra for two seasons, and has performed with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, Virginia Chamber Orchestra, Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, Akron Symphony Orchestra, Firelands Symphony Orchestra, and the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, among others.  

Katelyn is a graduate of the prestigious John F. Kennedy Center’s National Symphony Orchestra’s Youth Fellowship Program, in Washington D.C.  In this program, she received professional orchestral and chamber music training from musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra. ​

As an avid performer, Katelyn has appeared as a violin soloist with the National Repertory Orchestra four different times, under the baton of Carl Topilow, Alex Amsel, Marcelo Lehninger, and Tania Miller.  Additionally, she has soloed with the Chesapeake Orchestra.  

Katelyn studied Suzuki Violin Pedagogy with Kimberly Meier-Sims at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and is fully certified in the Suzuki Violin Method from Pre-Twinkle (beginner) through Book 10 (advanced).  She enjoys sharing her vast performance experience with her students, while encouraging them to work hard and find enjoyment in learning the violin. Katelyn’s focus is to help students reach their full musical potential by achieving tonal accuracy, having a solid rhythmic foundation, and by producing a beautiful sound.