Letitia Jap, violinist, enjoys a career as a performer and teacher. She finds most joy using music to connect with people.
Winning numerous concerto competitions, Letitia has been a featured soloist with orchestras like the Seattle Symphony, Austin Civic Orchestra, Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra, and has performed solo recitals at festivals such as the Chelsea Music Festival, Lake George Music Festival, and the 21st Century Artist Initiative.
Additionally, Letitia has served as concertmaster with the Seoul International Community Orchestra in 2017, the Boston Chamber Orchestra from 2015-2016, and various other orchestras since 2008.
Letitia also maintains an active schedule as a teacher, hoping to inspire the next generation of musicians. Her experience draws on years spent teaching at the University of Texas String Project Program in Austin, Texas and at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School in Boston, Massachusetts. In Boston, she was also an ensemble coach for the Greater Boston Asian American Symphony Orchestra and served on faculty for Youth and Family Enrichment Services Inc., teaching music to children from a lower-income, Haitian community. Letitia was Head Chamber Ensemble Coach at the University of Rochester, held two teaching assistant positions at the Eastman School of Music, and is currently faculty at the Eastman Community School of Music and Music History lecturer at Nazareth College.
Letitia received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Texas at Austin and her Master of Music from the New England Conservatory, and her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the Eastman School of Music.
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