Carol Preston

Violin

Carol Preston, has been a Suzuki Method teacher for over 35 years in Damariscotta and the Washington, D.C. area. She also taught public school music for 15 years. In addition to teaching, she is president of the Maine Suzuki Association, formerly served as board chair of the Suzuki Association of the Greater Washington Area, and is a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas. As a performer, she has been concertmaster of the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra since 2002, was a mentor for Mozart Mentors Orchestra in Brunswick, and played with Maine Pro Musica. In the D.C. area, she was concertmaster of the McLean Orchestra for 14 years, was a member of the McBeth Quartet, and played all the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas as a member of the Washington Savoyards orchestra. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance from Concordia College (MN) and an MA in music from the University of Iowa, where she studied with Allen Ohmes of the Stradivari Quartet.