Erica Jacobs-Perkins, violinist, is passionate about demystifying classical music-making. A graduate of McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, she also holds a B.A. in English Literature from McGill. Her recent projects include playing in the Orchestre Lyrique de Montréal, writing about the application to classical music performance of T.S. Eliot’s essay “Tradition and the Individual Talent”, and instilling perfect posture into sometimes-rowdy young violinists at the McGill Conservatory. She has participated in numerous festivals and workshops, including Bowdoin International Music Festival (‘14), Orford String Quartet Seminar (‘13), Texas Music Festival (‘11), and Interlochen Arts Camp (’04-’06, ’09, ’10). Erica is a native of Rochester, NY and is an alumna of the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the Hochstein School of Music, and the Kanack School of Music (where she has also coached a summer violin ensemble). Her principal teachers have been Felicia Moye, Denise Lupien, and Virginia Wensel, and she has also worked with Janet Sung, Susanna Gilmore, and Midori Goto. Erica’s most formative personal and musical experience to date was her four-year tenure with the recently disbanded TARDIS quartet, which taught her patience and musical adventurousness, as well as gaining three lifelong friends.

She is available to hire as a solo violinist or with collaborators to form a duo (string duo or violin/guitar), trio (string trio or flute/violin/guitar), or quartet.

Erica will be in Rochester for the month of August before moving to Chicago in September.