Katrin Meidell. Violist.

Violist Katrin Meidell, DMA, enjoys a multifaceted career as a performer, pedagogue, and lecturer. Equally at home on the concert stage and in the classroom, she has appeared throughout the United States and in Canada, Finland, Austria, Poland, Brazil, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. A dedicated advocate for contemporary music, she regularly premieres works written for and commissioned by her, while maintaining an active schedule of solo, chamber, and orchestral performances.

A passionate chamber musician, Dr. Meidell is a founding member of Violet, a viola and clarinet duo with clarinetist Dr. Elizabeth Crawford. Their debut recording, Violet, was released on Albany Records in 2019. As an orchestral musician, she has performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Boston Philharmonic, Columbus (GA) Symphony Orchestra, and numerous freelance orchestras throughout the United States.

An internationally sought-after teacher, Dr. Meidell is a recognized Karen Tuttle Coordination pedagogue and has presented master classes and lectures at International Viola Congresses (Netherlands and Thailand), Poznań International Viola Forums (Poland), Boston University, the University of North Texas, West Virginia University, Illinois State University, the University of Tennessee, the University of Northern Colorado, and many other institutions. Her presentations frequently explore viola pedagogy, healthy string playing, performance, and career development.

Dr. Meidell has published in both the Journal of the American Viola Society and American String Teacher. She has served in numerous leadership roles within the American Viola Society, including as a member of its Board of Directors, and currently serves as Secretary. In 2022, she hosted the American Viola Society Festival and 47th International Viola Congress at the Schwob School of Music, welcoming hundreds of violists from around the world.

During her studies, Dr. Meidell spent six years working in a Harvard neuroscience laboratory studying the brains of musicians. That experience continues to inform her interest in the science of music performance and injury prevention, subjects on which she regularly presents at regional, national, and international conferences.

Dr. Meidell earned degrees from Boston University, New England Conservatory, and the University of North Texas, where she studied viola with Michelle LaCourse, Carol Rodland, and Susan Dubois. Before dedicating herself to the viola, she studied violin with Geda Khatutskaya and Dana Mazurkevich.

Dr. Meidell is Professor of Viola at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University. Previously, she held faculty positions at Ball State University, Texas Tech University, and Texas Woman's University.

When she isn't teaching or performing, she enjoys hiking, gardening, and knitting intricate lace projects.