Barbara Schneider

Violin; Chamber Music; Coordinator ACE Chamber Music; Adjunct Conservatory Faculty

Schneider received her Master of Music degree in violin performance and pedagogy from the Peabody Conservatory, where she studied violin with Herbert Greenberg, former concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and violin pedagogy with Rebecca Henry. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, where she studied violin with Klara Fenyo Bahcall, former concertmistress of the Budapest Opera Orchestra. Schneider also spent two summers at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Institute in Maine, and has studied chamber music with members of the Tokyo, Juilliard, Cleveland, Mendelssohn, Fine Arts, and Orford String Quartets.

Since coming to Baltimore, Schneider has actively performed both chamber and orchestral repertoire in Maryland. She was a founding member of the Tempest Trio, and a recipient of the Peabody Development Grant for the trio. Schneider has performed on the chamber music series, "Sundays at Three" and has also premiered contemporary chamber works on the An Die Musik LIVE! Series. She has performed regularly with area orchestras including the Baltimore Opera Orchestra, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Concert Artists of Baltimore, the Wolf Trap Opera Company, the St. Mary's River Concert Series, the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. John's. Schneider has also been concertmaster of the Bach Cantata Series, the Young Victorian Theatre Company, and Opera Vivente.

In addition to performing, Schneider is a violin teacher in the Baltimore area. She presently teaches at the Peabody Preparatory and has also taught at the Baltimore School for the Arts. Schneider's students have been consistently recognized for their talent. Honors for her students include the Peabody Preparatory Silver and Honors Recitals, principal and concertmaster positions in the Chesapeake Youth Orchestras and Peabody Preparatory's large orchestras, Junior and Senior All-State Festival Orchestra performances, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Side-by-Side performances, and solo concerto performance with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony. Schneider's students have been accepted into major music schools and festivals including the Peabody Institute, the Hartt School of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, the University of Maryland at College Park, the University of Miami, the Tanglewood Institute, the Indiana University Summer String Institute, the Ithaca Summer Institute, the Summit Music Festival, the Killington Music Festival, and the Interlochen Arts Academy. Schneider has also performed educational programs at Maryland schools for the BSO Arts Excel Program. Schneider has taught at the Baltimore School for the Arts and presently teaches within both the Conservatory and Preparatory divisions of the Peabody Institute.