On student chamber music:
"...we all learn how to connect – melody and harmony, eyes and ears, teachers and students, friends and classmates."

Betsy Hinkle
Founder, Director, Resident Musician

Betsy Hinkle began her violin studies at the age of five in Winter Park, FL, as a Suzuki student of Kathleen Weidley. The daughter and granddaughter of professional musicians and educators, her path was naturally but not purposefully fostered at an early age. She attended the Florida State University as a violin performance major on full music and academic scholarships, and while at FSU played in an Honors Piano Trio as a Liberace Scholar. She has been devoted to performing chamber music since High School, playing for two years in the "Real Quartet," who could be heard playing her arrangements of Cyndi Lauper tunes alongside Mendelssohn and Corelli at the Barnes and Noble on Saturday nights.

Betsy relocated to the Boston area in 1999 to study at the New England Conservatory. There she studied with Nicholas Kitchen of the renowned Borromeo String Quartet, and received a Music in Education Concentration along with her Master of Music in 2001.  

Since 2001, Betsy has been performing and teaching in the Greater Boston area. She created a successful strings program at the Chestnut Hill School in Newton, MA, growing the program from 5 students to more than 70 during her 4-year tenure. In addition to playing with the BPQ and directing MusiConnects, Betsy performs regularly with the Orchestra of Emmanuel Music and the Boston Ballet Orchestra, and maintains a vibrant home studio in Roslindale.