Deborah Song
Violin
Deborah Song, is a violinist born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.
It was her discovery of the late Beethoven string quartets as a teen that sparked her love for music. She has been recognized for her dedication to chamber music as recipient of the John Celentano Award for Excellence in Chamber Music from the Eastman School of Music and her performance of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht won Best Chamber Music performance award from Les Ecoles d’Art Américaines de Fontainebleau.
She holds a Bachelor’s of Music and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, and a Bachelor’s of Art in Psychology from the University of Rochester. She received a Master’s of Music from The Juilliard School. Her teachers include Olga Popova, Byung-Kook Kwak, Shirley Givens, Mikhail Kopelman, Stephen Clapp and Laurie Smukler.
Deborah has won top prizes at the Associated Music Teachers Association Competition, the European Division of the Queens College Competition, the Yonkers Philharmonic Competition and the New York Music Competition of Flushing, Queens. Deborah has performed as a soloist with the Westchester Mentoring Orchestra, the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra and the Merrick Chamber Symphony Orchestra.
She currently resides in Scarsdale, New York, where she teaches a private studio and enjoys a freelancing career.