Ian Jett
Violinist: Performer and Teacher
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About
I am a violin teacher and performer currently based in the Philadelphia/Wilmington area. I have over 10 years of private and institutionalized teaching experience. As a performer, I have held permanent positions and frequent sub positions with orchestras across the country, including the Delaware Symphony, Eugene Symphony, Newport Symphony, Rogue Valley Symphony, and Springfield Symphony. Currently, I teach at the Music School of Delaware, where I am full-time violin and viola faculty.
My pedagogical philosophies stem from study of Mimi Zweig, Dorothy Delay, Shinichi Suzuki, Ivan Galamian, and Paul Rolland. I am also certified in the Grossman Method, a method developed and published by my long-time private teacher, Professor Hal Grossman, that focuses on ergonomic performing and body awareness in practicing in order to avoid and prevent injury.
Experience
TEACHING
2022 - Current Violin and Viola Faculty, Music School of Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware
- Suzuki Academy Coordinator
- Violin and Viola Applied Lessons
- Musicianship Class
- Suzuki Violin Group Class
- El Sistema Orchestras
- Delaware Youth Symphony Sectional Coach
- Concertmaster
- Private Lessons
- Etudes Class
- Suzuki Violin Group Class
- Private Lessons
- Chamber Players Small-Ensemble Coach
- Instructor
- Soloist
- J.S. Bach - Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, 2016
- Concertmaster
- Assistant Faculty
- Coached Small Ensembles
2020 Newport Symphony. Newport, Oregon
- Principal Second Violin
- Delaware Symphony
- Kennett Symphony
- Newark Symphony
- Eugene Symphony
- Eugene Concert Orchestra
- Rogue Valley Symphony
- Symphony of Northwest Arkansas
- Springfield Symphony
- Tulsa Signature Symphony
Education
DEGREES AWARDED
2019 - 2024 University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon
- Doctor of Musical Arts in Violin Performance
- Specialization in Violin and Viola Pedagogy
- Graduate String Quartet Assistantship
- Studied with Professor Hal Grossman
- Soloist with University of Oregon Symphony
- Nan Schwarz Romanza
- Performance Certificate in Violin Performance
- William T. White Graduate String Quartet
- Studied with Professor David Hays
- Master of Music in Violin Performance
- Concertmaster Graduate Assistantship
- William T. White Graduate String Quartet
- Studied with Professor David Hays
- Winner: Missouri State University Concerto Competition
- Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D
- Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance
- Honors Undergraduate String Quartet
- Studied with Professor Hal Grossman
- Winner: Ad Astra String Competition;
- Winner: University of Oklahoma Concerto Competition
- Henri Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto no. 4 in D minor
2020 Inside Music Academy. Corvallis, Oregon
- Quartet in Residence
- Assistant Principal Second Violin
- Concertmaster
- Principal Second Violin
- Concertmaster, 2015
2012 - 2013 Camp Musica. Wichita, Kansas
- Soloist, Vivaldi Concerto for Four Violins in B minor
