Administrative Assistant, Violinist, Violist
Sonja Prychitko
Sonja Prychitko is a professional violinist, strings teacher, and music scholar from Michigan currently residing in Greeley, Colorado. Before relocating to Colorado, Sonja was the Headmaster of Jubilate, conducted the JVO and other string ensembles, and taught private lessons. Currently, Sonja serves as an administrative assistant, music librarian, website manager, and online violin and viola teacher.
Sonja is attending University of Northern Colorado to pursue a Doctor of Arts degree in Violin Performance and Pedagogy with a secondary concentration in Music Business. She is a graduate teaching assistant for Dr. Sarah Off. Sonja also holds two Masters' degrees from Arizona State University in Violin Performance (2023) and Violin Performance Pedagogy (2021), where she studied violin with Professor Danwen Jiang. Sonja was a violinist in the ASU Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, and held the position of orchestra librarian for the ASU Symphony Orchestra, ASU Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia, and Studio Orchestra (2021-2023). In addition, Sonja was a concertmaster and first violin section player of the Scottsdale Symphonic Orchestra in its inaugural season (2023-2024).​
In addition to her musical studies, Sonja holds two psychology degrees from Northern Michigan University, a Master of Science (2017) and a Bachelor of Science (2014). As a graduate student, Sonja studied cognitive psychology and specialized in music cognition and perception research.
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Sonja enjoys playing piano, guitar, and ocarina, creating transcriptions and arrangements of rock, pop, and folk music for string ensembles, and studying music theory and history. Outside of music, she loves animals, photography, traveling, reading, writing, and watching movies and TV shows.
