Name: Guest Artist Masterclass: Caroline Chin
Start: 2025-10-08T17:00:00-07:00
Location: Idyllwild Arts

Idyllwild Arts students and community members are invited to join a guest artist masterclass featuring musician Caroline Chin! Hear young musicians work with this world-class artist in the intimate setting of Stephens Recital Hall.
Described by Time Out New York as “Incisive, industrious, and creatively restless…” Caroline Eva Chin gave her solo debut at age 12 and has concertized throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia where her performances have taken her to Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Kennedy Center, and the White House. An avid chamber musician, Chin has been featured as a guest artist at numerous music festivals including the Scotia Music Festival in Canada, 2 Rivers Festival in the UK, Consonances Festival in France, and the Schiermonnikoog Chamber Music Festival in Holland where she has collaborated with Charles Neidich, Nobuko Imai, Piers Lane, and Colin Carr. An advocate of new music, she has performed works of composers Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Jay Kernis, Jessie Montgomery, Richard Carrick, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Paul Moravec. Recordings include the world premiere of Elliott Carter’s Tre Duetti for Violin and Cello on Centaur Records as well as recordings on Avie Records, Somm Records, and New World Records. She has given performances and master classes at universities and colleges throughout the U.S. including Oberlin Conservatory, New York University, University of North Texas, University of Colorado-Boulder and Michigan State University. Ms. Chin is Associate Professor of Violin at Bowling Green State University’s College of Musical Arts and on the faculty of the Brevard Music Center Festival.