The Latest From Our Blog

New Music Raleigh
posted by: Jeannie Mellinger, Director of Communications

The fall issue of Opus magazine, due out in November, includes a profile of the North Carolina Symphony’s assistant concertmaster Karen Strittmatter Galvin. You’ll read about the wedding business she ... More »

Teachers Take Center Stage
posted by: Jessica Nalbone, Education Manager

Every August, teachers from across the state flock to Meymandi Concert Hall for the North Carolina Symphony’s Education Concert Workshop. They spend an entire day of their summer vacations learning ... More »

Classical Music, Alive and Well
posted by: Arthur Ryel-Lindsey, Communications Project Manager

Here’s a music activity you may not have heard of. The world championships of Drum Corps International kicked off with the quarterfinals last night in Indianapolis. Strictly DCI for those ... More »

Your Chance for a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the North Carolina Symphony!
posted by: Amy Russell, Director of Artistic Programs and Partnerships

It’s 7:55 pm and you are settled into your seat in the balcony at the concert hall. The lights are about to dim and then you will be transported into ... More »

Meet the Musicians

The North Carolina Symphony is not just music; it's people. From composers to musicians, from conductors to staff, the Symphony is made up of a talented group of dedicated individuals who take immense pleasure and pride in bringing you the finest programs of show-stopping music season after season.

Grant  Llewellyn - Music Director
Grant Llewellyn
Music Director
William Henry Curry - Resident Conductor
William Henry Curry
Resident Conductor
Sarah  Hicks - Associate Conductor
Sarah Hicks
Associate Conductor




   



Jacqueline Saed Wolborsky | Violin 2
   Associate Principal
    The Blanche Martin Shaw Chair

Jacqueline Saed Wolborsky Jacqueline Saed Wolborsky is the Associate Principal Second Violin of the North Carolina Symphony. Before coming to North Carolina, Jacqueline was a member of the Charleston Symphony and an adjunct professor of violin at the College of Charleston. She has been a featured soloist with the North Carolina Symphony and the Brussels Chamber Orchestra. Jacqueline received first prize, the audience choice award and a solo performance at the South Carolina Philharmonic Competition and was honored with the Russel Award at the Coleman International Chamber Music Competition in Pasadena, CA.

She has had the pleasure of performing for Nobel Peace Prize winner Eli Weisel in Chicago, Il., the late Itzhak Rabin's family in Jaffa, Israel, and in 2001, for the Vice President of the United States and other high government officials in Washington D.C. Jacqueline has spent past summers at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, on the faculty of the Eastern Music Festival inGreensboro, in the Chautauqua Symphony in New York, at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Connecticut, at the Steans Institute for Young Artists in Highland Park, Il., at the Rome Festival in Italy, the Thessaloniki Festival in Greece, Keshet Eilon in Israel and the Weathersfield Music Festival in Ludlow, VT. She was invited by the Verbier Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra on separate occassions to tour several European Countries with Joshua Bell, James Levine and the late Mstislav Rostropovich. She has also had the honor of working with Kurt Masur, members of the Tokyo, Vermeer and Cleveland String Quartets, Yuri Bashmet, Bill Preucil, Claude Frank, Miriam Fried and Joseph Silverstein. Mrs. Wolborsky received her Bachelors of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory with renowned professors Roland and Almita Vamos and her Masters of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of distinguished professor, Donald Weilerstein.

She received her Suzuki teacher training at the Cleveland Institute of Music and has been a private teacher for over 18 years.



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