Instructor Biographies

Jenny McCrorey, Violin

Jennifer Fedie McCrorey began violin lessons at age 4 as part of the Suzuki Talent Education program in Eau Claire, WI. This was her inspiration to study music and become a teacher herself. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Violin Performance with honors from the University of Wisconsin at Madison where she studied violin with Vartan Manoogian, and a Master’s degree in Violin Pedagogy from the University of Texas at Austin where her violin teacher was Eugene Gratovitch. Jennifer was a teacher at the acclaimed Texas String Project under Anne C. Witt where she worked with students of all levels in private and group lessons.

Jennifer's teaching and performing career began in Dallas, TX where she performed with several area orchestras including The Chamber Symphony of the Metrocrest, Plano Chamber Orchestra and Richardson Symphony. She taught violin lessons in her own home studio as well as in the Carrolton-Farmer's Branch and Lewisville school districts.

From 1999-2005 Jennifer and her husband lived in Madrid, Spain where she was a member of the Orquesta Filarmonia de Espana and was co-founder of the International Violin School of Madrid, a Suzuki violin program made up of Spanish and expatriate students from all over the world. Jennifer has also lived outside of London, England where she maintained a violin studio and performed with the Surrey Mozart Players and the Baroque ensemble, The Cannons Scholars. In 2008, she and her husband settled in Issaquah where they are raising their two young boys.

Jennifer is a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas and the American String Teachers Association. She has attended numerous workshops in Europe and the U.S. covering all aspects of Suzuki and traditional violin pedagogy, as well as historical interpretation and performance.

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