Youth and Pre-College

It all started when I was about 7 years old. The public school system I was in was offering free Suzuki group classes, and I told my mom I wanted nothing to do with it!

Thankfully, a classmate raved to me about the program and the director was gracious enough to let me enroll late a few weeks later. Many thanks to Rachel for telling me violin was fun!

As the years passed, I knew that music was something I enjoyed immensely, but I knew very little about what it meant to have a life in it.

During high school I spent my time playing for groups such as the Connecticut Youth Symphony, Eastern Regionals Orchestra, and CMEA All-State Orchestra.

Undergrad and the Pandemic

From 2020-2023, I earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Connecticut while COVID-19 kept school online.

I was extremely grateful to work with Dr. Solomiya Ivakhiv, as she opened my mind to a whole new world and level of music-making.

Dr. Ivakhiv and Vincent at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, January 2024.

It was during these years that I got to meet and play for some of the greatest artists of today including Ray Chen, The Emerson Quartet, and the Takacs Quartet.

From 2023-2024, I spent the year performing with the BPYO, under the baton of the legendary Maestro Benjamin Zander. I was so grateful for the opportunity to perform with this group and meet lifelong friends. The year concluded with a two-week European tour that included performances at the Berlinphilharmonie, Musikverein, and the Elphilharmonie Hamburg, among others.

Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra

Photo by Paul Mardy

The Eastman School of Music

In the Fall of 2024, I moved to Rochester, NY to earn a Master’s in Instrumental Performance degree from the famed Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of Professor Phillip Ying of the Grammy-winning Ying Quartet.

While at Eastman, I expanded my passion for teaching and string pedagogy through being a teaching assistant in the music teaching and learning department and developed a recurring chamber music concert series in the community: “Chamber Music at St. Joseph’s Church.”