CAMILLA BERRETTA, VIOLA

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Camilla Berretta is a performer and teacher with a Master of Music in Violin Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and post-graduate work in Viola Performance from Indiana University.

She is also a self-professed geek of violin/viola technique and of practice methodologies. Having studied with many contemporary master teachers of violin and viola both in Europe and in the US, she enjoys passing on this knowledge to students of all backgrounds. More on Camilla’s teaching here.

CREDENTIALS


Education:

  • Indiana University, post-graduate work in Viola Performance

  • Cleveland Institute of Music, Master of Music in Violin Performance

  • Swarthmore College, Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Languages

Performing Experience:

  • Performed with the Pasadena Symphony, New West Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Williamsburg Symphony, Redlands Symphony, and many others

  • Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Institute, Lenox, MA

  • Fellow at the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, CA

  • Featured recitalist and chamber musician in the US and in festivals in Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic

  • Maestro Foundation instrument loan recipient

Teaching Experience:

  • Private Violin and Viola Studio since 2009

  • Recipient of FORTE Teaching Award, California Music Studios, Carlsbad, CA

  • Violin, and Viola faculty member at SoCal community music schools

  • Practice assistant for university-level and pre-college level students