We want to
extend a big welcome to the newest members of our staff:
Ms. Ashley Buckley and Ms. Stella Bonilla!
Ms. Ashley Buckley is a long-time resident of Pittsburgh since 2006, earning her Master of Music in violin performance at Carnegie Mellon University and as a performer with the Frya String Quartet. Ashley came to us from the Cleveland after earning her Bachelor degree in violin performance at Cleveland Institute of Music.
Ashley is an accomplished performer, participating in many ensembles- notably the Westmoreland Symphony, Pittsburgh Opera Theater, the Erie Philharmonic, and the Youngstown Symphony. Most recently, Ashley spent a portion of time performing with Barry Manilow's touring orchestral ensemble! Ashley is joining us as an active violin faculty member, developing a violin studio as well as instructing ECM and American Legends groups.
Mrs. Bonilla holds a Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance
from the Bulgarian State Academy of Music, a Master of Music in Conducting and
a Doctorate of Musical Arts, both from Louisiana State University. While living in Louisiana, she
taught private violin lessons and performed with the Baton Rouge and Acadiana
Symphonies. She also held the post of leading conductor
of the Acadiana Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Slidell
Community Orchestra.
In 2001, Mrs. Bonilla and her
family moved to Akron, Ohio, where she established a new violin studio and
joined the Akron Symphony and Classic Touch Strings Orchestra. She also thought at the Wayne
Center for the Arts in Wooster. In 2009, Mrs. Bonilla was appointed a
strings teacher and orchestra director at the Spring Garden Waldorf School in
Akron, Ohio. Mrs. Bonilla is registered though
book 3 with the Suzuki Association of the Americas. She joins us as an active violin faculty member, leading the Eden Strings program, as well as developing a violin studio.
Welcome Ashley and Stella!
