Carolina Pedroza

Carolina Pedroza began her violin studies in her hometown, Villavicencio - Colombia. She holds a Bachelor degree in Violin Pedagogy from the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional de Colombia, an Artist Diploma from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, and a Masters degree from Penn State University. She is also the recipient of full tuition awards for Doctoral programs in Violin Performance from both Louisiana State University and Catholic University of America.

Miss Pedroza has worked in music education programs for children in Colombia, Venezuela, and the United States, and has also served as Teaching Assistant at Duquesne University and Penn State University.

As an orchestra musician, she was a permanent member of the Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas in Venezuela for several years. In the United States she has been concertmaster of the Catholic University of America Symphony Orchestra, the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra and Colour of Music Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. She has also been a section member with orchestras such as Butler Symphony Orchestra, West Virginia Symphony, Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, and Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, among others.

Miss Pedroza attended festivals including FEMUSC (Brazil), A Tempo (Colombia), Sewanee Summer Music Festival (TN), Academia Internacional Teatro del Lago (Chile), Northern Lights Music Festival (MN), Color of Music Festival in (SC and CA), and Penn’s Woods Festival (PA). Additionally, she has participated with Sphinx Organization in Orchestra Audition Intensives and Conferences, and was also a member of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas for the 2018 European Tour, performing in the emblematic Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall in Hamburg, and other important venues in Poland, Ukraine, Germany, and Scotland.

Her achievements in the DC area include a solo appearance with Catholic University Symphony at the Kennedy Center, and her appointment as a Diversity Fellow with Fairfax Symphony.

During her time in Baton Rouge, LA, Miss Pedroza was a member of the Guayaba Quintet, a Chamber Music Program envisioned by her and other Latin American students, focused on promoting the music of living Latin American and Iberian composers. Following this line of interest, she was appointed Graduate Research Assistant at the Latin American Music Center, where she was able to share as well as further expand her knowledge about Latin American and Iberian music. Miss Pedroza loves to promote the works of composers that are close to her heart.

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