Courtney Clark holds a Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance from the State University of New York at Fredonia, and a Master of Music degree in violin performance from Bowling Green State University, where she was a violinist in the Graduate String Quartet. She has also studied violin performance, chamber music, and string pedagogy in several music festivals and professional development workshops, including the International Music Festival of Leipzig, the National Orchestral Institute at the University of Maryland, Indiana University’s Intensive Violin Pedagogy Retreat under the direction of Mimi Zweig, and the Music Educator and Teaching Artist (META) Fellowship through the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Courtney has been teaching violin and viola for over 12 years. Before moving to Cleveland, she was the Artistic Director of Kids 4 Harmony, a program of the social service agency 18 Degrees. Kids 4 Harmony is an El Sistema-inspired music program with a social justice mission. Ms. Clark is also a Violin and Viola Teaching Artist for the Sistema Side by Side Program of the Longy School of Music of Bard College. Courtney also loves playing in orchestras, some of which include the Snowbelt Symphony, Southern Tier Symphony, and the Western New York Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Clark has also performed as a pit musician for Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA for several seasons.