Violinist, Violist, Strings Teacher
Sonja Prychitko
Sonja Prychitko is a professional violinist, strings teacher, and music scholar from Michigan currently residing in Greeley, Colorado. Sonja is a strings teacher and advanced violin and viola instructor at Jubilate Conservatory of Music.​
She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Arts degree in Violin Performance at University of Northern Colorado where she is a graduate teaching and administrative assistant for Dr. Sarah Off. Sonja 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). Sonja was a member of the first violin section and concertmaster of the Scottsdale Symphonic Orchestra (2023-2024).
In addition to her musical studies, Sonja holds two degrees from Northern Michigan University, a Master of Science
in Psychology (2017) and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (2014). As a graduate student, Sonja studied cognitive psychology and specialized in music cognition and perception research.
Throughout her education at NMU, Sonja studied violin under
the guidance of Dr. Barbara Rhyneer and held the position of
concertmaster of the Northern Michigan University Orchestra
(2010-2014). She regularly performed as a section violinist in the
Marquette Symphony Orchestra (2008-2019), Keweenaw
Symphony Orchestra (2014-2019), NMU Pit Orchestra (2005-2015),
Lake Superior Pit Orchestra (2016-2017), and Marquette Choral
Society Chamber Orchestra (2010-2018). In 2016, Sonja was a
recipient of the Performing Artist Award for the UPStarts
Performing Artists series with the Pine Mountain Music Festival,
where she was invited to perform three chamber music recitals
across Upper Michigan.
Sonja was a founding member, violinist, and arranger in a pop-rock chamber group, Eclettico (2008-2019). In 2014, Eclettico received a Performing Artist Award from the Marquette Arts and Culture Center for their community outreach through music education. Sonja also joined The Terminal Orchestra, a rock band with whom she toured the Midwest and recorded several tracks on violin and viola for their second album Leave Home, Rabbit (2017).
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Sonja enjoys playing the viola, piano, and guitar, creating transcriptions and arrangements of rock, pop, and folk music for string ensembles, and studying music theory and history. Outside of music, she also loves animals, photography, traveling, learning, reading, writing, and watching movies and TV shows.
