Amelia Korbitz, Violin, Viola & Piano Teacher
Amelia Korbitz is an American violinist with a passion for new music and collaboration through chamber music. She frequently performs works by living composers and is a co-founder of the Antigone Music Collective, a nonprofit organization with the mission of bringing new music by dedicated specialists to a broad audience. Amelia is committed to performing the music of underrepresented composers and advancing the role of women in classical music. She has won the UC College-Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition, took top honors at the New Philharmonic Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition, and is a grant recipient of the Matinée Musicale Scholarship Fund as well as the 3Arts Foundation.
Amelia is a founder of Antigone Quartet, the core performing ensemble of the Antigone Music Collective. They perform regularly throughout the Midwest and have been invited to perform at the Southern Illinois Music Festival, Musica Le Mans, and the Musica Malicorne Festival in France. They have also been artists in residence at the Ascent International Music Festival. The Antigone Quartet was a finalist ensemble in the Glass City Chamber Competition as well as prizewinners in the UC College-Conservatory of Music Chamber Music Competition in 2022 and 2023. They have been featured on WGUC 90.9, performing the winning work of the inaugural Antigone Music Collective call for scores.
Solo performance highlights include Vivalid’s le Quattro Stagioni: Primavera with the West Suburban Symphony, L’Inverno with the Southern Illinois Music Festival Orchestra, Piazzolla’s Los Cuatros Estaciones Porteñas with the CCM Philharmonia Orchestra. She has spent five consecutive summers at the Southern Illinois Music Festival and as an associate concertmaster in 2022 and 2023. She is a violinist in the Richmond Symphony Orchestra and has also performed with the Queen City Opera, Green Lake Festival Orchestra, the Immaculata Chamber Music Series, and Solaris Chamber Music Series.
Amelia is a student of Dr. Won-Bin Yim and a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory where she was a member of the CCM Philharmonia Orchestra and the contemporary music ensemble Musica Nova. Amelia has been a scholarship student at the Ascent International Chamber Music Festival, ENCORE String Quartet Intensive, Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, and the Green Lake Chamber Music Festival.