Elizabeth Dickenson
Teaching Artist
Elizabeth Dickenson, native of Anchorage, Alaska, is a highly sought-after violinist and educator based in Los Angeles. She enjoys all the musical opportunities LA has to offer—performing in opera and musical theater orchestras, playing studio recording sessions, and even appearing in Hollywood shoots as an on-camera violinist. Ms. Dickenson has performed in LA landmarks including the Dolby Theater, the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Royce Hall, and the Orpheum Theatre, with artists including Andrea Bocelli and the ska/punk band Streetlight Manifesto. Recording projects have included a new original score for Mary Pickford’s 1915 silent film Fanchon the Cricket, a virtual performance of Puccini’s Suor Angelica, the recent documentary The Sound of Identity, and Alan Parsons Project’s album The Secret.
Ms. Dickenson holds performance degrees from the Eastman School of Music, studying with Mikhail Kopelman and Lynn Blakeslee, and the University of Denver, graduating from Linda Wang’s studio, where she also completed Suzuki pedagogy training. Her instrument, crafted by Anchorage luthier John Osnes in 2001, allows her to bring a bit of home with her wherever she performs.
What are you happiest doing, when you’re not working?
The best days are spent outdoors with my husband hiking or by the water and curling up on the couch with our cat Verdi.
Flashback to when you were 10 years old. What do you want to be when you grow up?
I knew I wanted to be a violinist from a very young age. Even on the first day of 1st grade when we filled out our "get to know you" pages, I had to explain to my teacher what a concertmaster was when answering this very question!
