Instrument/Department: Violin; Chamber Music Connection (CMC) Director
Joined Hochstein faculty in: 2024
Amanda Brin, a native of Rochester, New York, is a founding member and first violinist of the Hyperion String Quartet. As a member of the quartet, she won first prizes at the Coleman, Music Teachers National Association, and Green Lake chamber music competitions, and was the bronze medal prizewinner at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
Amanda has performed as soloist with the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra in New York and has also appeared at festivals including the Strings in the Mountains Festival, Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, and SummerFest La Jolla. From 2007 to 2018, she was the Principal Second Violin of the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra. She currently spends her summers performing as Assistant Concertmaster of the Lake Placid Sinfonietta in New York.
Dedicated to teaching, Amanda has served on the faculty at the Hartt School Community Division, Montana Chamber Music Workshop, Connecticut College, SUNY Adirondack, and Skidmore College. She most recently taught at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY from 2008 until 2023 and will be joining the faculty at Skidmore College for the 2024-2025 school year.
Amanda holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Kent State University. She also studied chamber music with members of the Ying, Miró, Miami, Juilliard, and Emerson quartets. She currently performs on a J.B. Ceruti violin on generous loan.
She is married to cellist Jonathan Brin and they have three children.