Erin Zehngut - Violin
Erin Zehngut (new this season) joined the first violin section of the North Carolina Symphony in 2016. When she is not playing with the symphony, she performs as a member of the Oak City String Quartet and the Aurora Musicalis String Quartet. In addition to performing, she enjoys teaching privately and coaching chamber music. Before moving to Raleigh, she was a fellow at the New World Symphony, where she was active in the Community Engagement program, including teaching at the Academia Filarmónica de Medellín in Colombia. Erin has performed frequently and toured with the Minnesota Orchestra, has served on faculty at the Eastern Music Festival, and has appeared as a soloist with the North Carolina Symphony. She grew up in State College, Pennsylvania, and earned her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Michigan, where she studied with Aaron Berofsky, and a Master’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Stephen Rose. When she is not playing violin, she loves spending time outdoors hiking, gardening, running and playing tennis.