Tricia Park

**Praised by critics for her “astounding virtuosic gifts” (Boston Herald), “achingly pure sound” (The Toronto Star), and “impressive technical and interpretive control” (The New York Times), Tricia Park enjoys a diverse career as a violinist, educator, and writer.

Tricia is the creator of the podcast, “Is it Recess Yet? Confessions of a Former Child Prodigy.” She is the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, a Fulbright Grant, and was selected as one of “Korea’s World Leaders of Tomorrow.” Since her first orchestral engagement at age 13 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, she has performed with the English and St. Paul Chamber Orchestras; the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; the Montreal, Dallas, Cincinnati, and Seattle Symphonies; the Calgary, Buffalo, and Westchester Philharmonics, among others. Other highlights include appearances at the Lincoln Center Festival and Kennedy Center, her debut with the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) Orchestra and collaborations with composer Tan Dun. She also performs in the violin-fiddle duo, Tricia & Taylor.

Tricia founded the Solera Quartet, winner of the Pro Musicis International Award. The Soleras’ debut album, Every Moment Present, was hailed by The New York Times as “intoxicating….sensitive and finely articulated throughout and the sound bright and vivid.”As First Violinist of the Maia Quartet from 2005-2011, she performed worldwide and was on faculty at the University of Iowa. Tricia has served on faculty at the University of Chicago, University of Notre Dame and has worked for Graywolf Press. She has also taught masterclasses and clinics at the Peabody Institute of Music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, Dartmouth College, the Longy School of Music of Bard College, McGill University, and the Interlochen Summer Arts Academy. Tricia received her Bachelor and Master of Music from the Juilliard School where she received a Starling-DeLay Fellowship. She has performed with Pinchas Zukerman, Cho-Liang Lin, Robert McDonald, and members of the American, Guarneri, Juilliard, Orion String Quartets and Eighth Blackbird. 

Tricia received her MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently, Tricia is pursuing her PhD in the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois Chicago. She is also Associate Director of Cleaver Magazine Workshops where she is a Creative Non Fiction editor and faculty instructor, teaches for the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, and maintains a private studio of violin students and writing clients. 

Learn more about Tricia at: www.isitrecessyet.com. Listen to Tricia play violin at: https://www.youtube.com/c/triciapark**