Dr. Renée Hemsing
Dr. Renée Hemsing, a native of Los Alamos, New Mexico, earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts in violin performance at the University of Colorado, where her quartet (Ajax Quartet) was also graduate Quartet-in-Residence with the Takacs Quartet from 2017-2019. She earned her Masters at the University of North Texas in modern violin under Emanuel Borok (former concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony & Boston Pops), and in baroque violin under Cynthia Roberts (Juilliard), and her Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from the University of New Mexico under renowned Brazilian soloist Dr. Cármelo de los Santos.
In addition to her primary instructors, Renée studied with Brandon Chui, baroque violist of Tafelmusik, violinists Paul Kantor and David Halen at the Aspen Music Festival, and others at the Schlern International Music Festival in the Italian Alps. In her young career, she has enjoyed performing as a soloist, in her quartet, and orchestrally in ensembles throughout the US and abroad. Most recently, she has appeared as guest principal violist of the Handel & Haydn Society. Renée has been featured in master classes with such quartets as the Takacs Quartet, Pacifica Quartet, Jupiter Quartet, Escher Quartet, American Quartet, and has been featured as a soloist
in master classes including Augustine Hadelich, Don Weilerstein, Sylvia Rosenberg, Vadim Gluzman, Matt Albert, Stephen Rose, Peter Otto, and more. In Spring 2014, Renée was featured on the cover of Symphony Magazine.
Renée specializes in baroque performance practice on both violin & viola and enjoys helping students broaden their expressive musical tool set by including historical approaches. In addition to using standard and baroque repertoire in her teaching, Renée earned her certification as an Advanced Fiddle Teacher of the Mark O’Connor Method after studying directly with Mark O’Connor in Manhattan. She has taught violin, viola and cello (which she played until graduating high school) lessons for 16 years.
Renée currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts, but maintains her online Parlando studio of beloved students in Boulder, Colorado.