About Carina

  • Eastman School of Music, 2018-2022: B.M. Applied Music, Violin. Studied with Oleh Krysa

    University of Rochester, 2018-2022: B.A. Language, Media, & Communication

    Cleveland Institute of Music, 2022-2024: M.M. Violin Performance. Studied with Phil Sezter and Jessica Lee

    Stony Brook University, 2024-in progress: D.M.A. Violin Performance. Studies with Phil Setzer, Hagai Shaham, and Jennifer Frautschi

  • Sound Beach Music

    Long Island Violin Shop

    Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

  • BlackBox Ensemble

    Kronos Quartet

    Bang On a Can All-Stars

    Orion Quartet

Why contemporary music?

The first piece Carina ever commissioned began with microtones. In the first line of music alone, she was pushed far beyond anything her formal training prepared her for. Thus began her quest to add microtones and other new techniques she encountered to her skill set. While her teachers supported her endeavors, they too had no formal training – no etudes, scale systems, or progressive studies – guiding them in these techniques.

Awoken by this lack of resources, Carina entered into and won Cleveland Institute of Music’s entrepreneurial contest “Imperfect Pitch” in 2023. She presented on the necessity of creating relevant, approachable, and accessible contemporary violin technique books. This project’s journey is continuing through her doctoral work at Stony Brook University.

Technique trivia game for a violin group class at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, summer 2025. Made from index cards and a shower liner.

  • Axis of Asymmetry (2023)- Emma Tucker

    Concrete Corpses (2023) - Aaron Zimmer

    Perseverance (2025) - Hayden Iskander

    Verdigris (2023) - Emma Tucker

  • A Concerted Effort (2025) - Conrad Foreman

    Typewriter Monkey (2025) - Conrad Foreman

    knurl cracked green (2023) - Nolan Hildebrand

    Laskostuu (2023) - Olli Moilanen

    no chance, no parts (2023) - Lucy McKnight

    run away with me (2023) - Ari Sussman

    Sing II (2023) - Shiri Riseman

    Spot the Difference (2023) - Kennedy Taylor Dixon

    This Night (2023) - Ari Sussman

    Over the Next Hill (2021) - Nicholas Chuaqui

    Together While Apart (2021)- Keane Southard

  • Akron Symphony Orchestra, section first violin (2022 - 2024)

    Blue Lake Faculty Orchestra, concertmaster (2023 - )

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, substitute section violin (2022 - 2024)

    Canton Symphony Orchestra, section second violin (2022 - 2024)

    CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, second first violin (2023 - 2024)

    Spoleto Festival Orchestra, rotating concertmaster & section violin (2023)