Ann Cooper, Violin

Ann Cooper has been a violinist with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and the Hanover Chamber Orchestra (now Camerata New England) for almost 30 years. Ms. Cooper has often performed with the Middlebury Chamber Soloists, Orchestra of Northern New York, Opera North (NH), and the Green Mountain Opera. Cooper earned a degree in Violin Performance from the University of Vermont, studying with Dr. T.L. Read and Evelyn Read.  She studied with Linda Cerone at Ivan Galamian’s Meadowmount School of Music and for several years with Andrew Jennings of the Concord String Quartet. Ms. Cooper was a faculty member of the Vermont Conservatory for the Arts for 10 years and applied faculty at Middlebury College for five years. Ms. Cooper runs a thriving studio of violin students in Shelburne, Vermont, where she resides with her husband, Stefen.