Violinist Therese Ritchie is an active performer and teacher in the Chicago area. She was a scholarship student both at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (BM) and Northwestern University (MM). She has performed in numerous music festivals including Tanglewood, Aspen, Lucerne Academy Festival, and Spoleto USA. In addition to her current positions with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, the Chicagoland Pops Orchestra, and the Peninsula Music Festival, Therese has played in concert with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Boston Symphony, Smoky Robinson, Kanye West, the Akron Symphony, and the Canton Symphony. She resides in Evanston and loves playing chamber music, going to yoga classes, eating and cooking good food and walks by the lake.