Kristen Pellegrino, Violin

Dr. Kristen Pellegrino is Professor of Music Education at University of Texas at San Antonio and the Past-President of American String Teachers Association (ASTA) (2022-2024). Kristen’s degrees are from University of Michigan (Ph.D. music education and M.M. violin/chamber music performance) and Eastman School of Music (B.M. music education and applied violin). Her teachers included Camilla Wickes, Paul Kantor, Lynn Blakeslee, Eric Rosenblith, and Gregory Fulkerson. She has 40 scholarly publications, has presented over 125 sessions, and was awarded ASTA’s String Researcher Award, AERA’s Outstanding Early Career Paper Award in Music Education. Kristen was the co-editor of Oxford’s Handbook of Preservice Music Teacher Education in the United States and Teaching Instrument Music: Contemporary Perspectives and Pedagogies. She is currently co-authoring a Conway book, Journeys of Becoming and Being Music Teachers, to be published in 2025. Dr. Pellegrino’s background in music education includes eight years of public-school string teaching at the high school and elementary levels, and 15 years of collegiate teaching experience. Before teaching full-time, she performed full-time in the Chagall String Quartet through Chamber Music America’s Rural Residencies Grants. She continues to perform as a member of Music on the Hill. Kristen graduated from Toll Gate High school, where she also taught for six years.

Upcoming Concerts: Mendelssohn Octet June 5, 2024