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  • Elizabeth Kilpatrick serves as the Executive Director of Music Orchard Richmond. In addition, she is active as a teacher and performer in Richmond, VA. She maintains a private violin studio in Fulton Hill and works as a freelance violinist often performing with the Richmond Symphony, Williamsburg Symphony, Spacebomb Studios, and Candlelight Concerts. Elizabeth also actively seeks out opportunities to bring inclusion to the arts by working with students with learning differences and students from low socio-economic communities.

    Elizabeth has previously served as faculty at Clavierwerke School of Music in Austin, TX; the Michael Rudiakov Music Academy in Vermont where she co-founded a Suzuki violin program, the Greater Richmond School of Music, the MusicTree, UT Austin String Project, and MusicLink, an organization that works to pair music teachers with students who are in need of financial help for lessons. She is passionate about teaching and sharing the benefits of music with her students. She strongly believes in the importance of inclusion in music and the arts.

    Elizabeth completed her Bachelor's degree in Violin Performance and Arts Administration and Management at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas, Austin. She is expected to begin working towards her MBA in Arts Innovation in the fall of 2023 through the Global Leaders Institute. Elizabeth has also studied with the Suzuki Association of the Americas to receive training and certification in the first three Suzuki method books.

    Elizabeth currently resides in Richmond, VA. In her spare time, she loves gardening, reading, and connecting with the community.