Brittany Sklar

Brittany Sklar, violin, is 19 and a resident of Garfield, New Jersey. She began her studies at age four with Nancy Feiner and in 1998 she was accepted to the PreCollege Division of the Juilliard School. While studying there, she won their 1999 Chamber Orchestra Violin Concerto Competition as well as the 2003 Pre-College Violin Competition. She has won additional concerto competitions sponsored by the Gotham Chamber Orchestra, the Long Island Sound Symphony, the New York Lawyers Orchestra and the Summit Music Festival and took first prize in the New Jersey ASTA competition, Early Bird division, in 1997. In May 2000, Sklar was selected to appear on "From the Top,"  Â National Public Radio Program that features talented young musicians. She was a participant in the 2002 New York String Seminar and has attended summer festivals at Ithaca College, Meadowmount School of Music and the Aspen Music Festival. Sklar is now in her third year as a student of Aaron Rosand and currently attends the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia.  Brittany received from Virtu violins made by Oliver Radke.