Sophie Till
Assistant Professor
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Education
Sophie Till studied violin at the pre-college division of the Royal College of Music, London, from the age of 9 with Dona Lee Croft. She completed her undergraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London and the Musikhochschule, Luebeck, Germany with Zakhar Bron and her Master’s Degree with Charles Treger at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Performing
Sophie has given numerous solo and chamber music recitals in England, France, Germany, India, South America, East Africa and Cyprus. Concerto performances include appearances with the European Community Chamber Orchestra, London Schubert Players, Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra and with student ensembles such as the University of Massachusetts Chamber Orchestra and the Performing Arts Institute Symphony Orchestra and Civic Orchestra. She has performed for television in Africa, India and Cyprus and recently recorded a studio recital for regional PBS station WVIA. She has also given both live and pre-recorded solo radio performances. In 2004 she was awarded the F. Lammot Belin Arts Scholarship and in 2005 a Pennsylvanian Partners in the Arts Award to perform and record the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas. She will be recording in the Beethovensaal, Hanover, Germany with Grammy award winning producer Michael Fine. The recordings will later be turned into a series of radio programs.

Teaching
Sophie has been on the faculty of the Royal College of Music Junior Department and at Eton College in England. She is now head of Strings at Marywood University and Artist-in-Residence at Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School. She is also on the faculty of the Performing Arts Institute summer program. She has run a private studio both in the UK and the US with students winning numerous prizes and taking places in many top institutions of further education.