bio

Celaya Kirchner is an extremely well sought after freelance musician in the DC metro area, regularly performing with many of the region's orchestras. She is the Principal 2nd of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, section violin in the Fairfax Symphony & Apollo Orchestra, and frequent substitute violin in the Maryland Symphony, Allentown Symphony, as well as the New Orchestra of Washington. 

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Ms. Kirchner has performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater & Millenium Stage, Capital One Hall, Maryland Hall, and notably, NPR's Tiny Desk with Sleater Kinney.

 

She received her Masters in Violin Performance from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst under the tutelage of renowned pedagogue Elizabeth Chang. There, she received a string quartet fellowship, playing in masterclasses for members of the Cleveland Quartet, Ying Quartet, and Dover Quartet as well as many others. For her undergraduate degree, Ms. Kirchner studied with David Salness of the Left Bank Quartet, at the University of Maryland. She also attended numerous summer chamber music festivals, including Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Meadowmount School of Music, and Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music. In the summer of 2018, Ms. Kirchner travelled to Piobbico, Italy to participate in the Brancaleoni International Music Festival, performing in a 13th century castle as well as in other venues in the Marche region.