Chloe Ross

Chloe began studying violin at the age of three in Seattle, Washington under the tutelage of Kathleen Boyer- second violinist with The Seattle Symphony. She started with the Suzuki method and attended the advanced Japan-Seattle and Ithaca College Suzuki Institutes for several years. Along with her Suzuki studies, she also took part in the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra program.

Chloe quickly progressed through the Suzuki books and moved across the country to begin studies at The Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. At Longy, she studied music theory, music composition and music history, as well as playing in masterclasses and performances weekly. She was also a member of two chamber music groups each year and The Longy Youth Chamber Orchestra as the youngest ever admitted member.

She became the concert master after only a short time with the orchestra and traveled to Canada, Germany and the Czech Republic on tour, performing city to city. She has also journeyed to Colima, Mexico playing chamber music with students of the Universidad de Colima.

Chloe continued on with Longy to receive her Certificate of Violin Performance and has competed in many competitions, preforming some of the world’s most iconic violin repertoire. She has a deep love for J.S. Bach’s solo violin works and has studied them with period baroque bows and technique.

While at Longy, she studied in the studios of Clayton Hoener- principle second violinist of The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra as well as main study with the late Janet Packer- former Longy School of Music String Department Chair and acclaimed soloist.

After moving back to Seattle, Chloe was a member of The Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Adam Stern.

She has since relocated to California and opened her private studio, to share her love teaching and playing violin with others. She is strongly influenced by those early years attending Suzuki and chamber music camps while making music along side family and friends, and encourages her students to do the same. Many of her students have successfully auditioned and are now members of several local orchestras, and perform in solo recitals each year.

Chloe currently plays and performs on a 2002 Douglas Cox “Vieuxtemps” Guarneri violin and was recently featured as a spotlight violinist on the Cox Violins Website.