Ian Jett

I am a violinist currently based in the Philadelphia/Wilmington area, performing in orchestras and teaching as full-time violin/viola faculty at the Music School of Delaware. I have been teaching for over 10 years, offering private and institutionalized lessons and classes. My specialties include a wide-range of pedagogy, focusing on pedagogues such as Shinichi Suzuki, Mimi Zweig, Dorothy Delay, Ivan Galamian, Paul Rolland, and I am certified in the Grossman Method, the last of which was developed and published by my long-term teacher Hal Grossman. 

I received my Doctor of Musical Arts degree with a specialization in pedagogy from the University of Oregon in June of 2024, where I studied closely with a variety of teachers and participated in many performing opportunities. I received my Master's in Music degree and Performers Certificate from Missouri State University, where I held a private studio of around 30 students, and my Bachelor's in Music degree from the University of Oklahoma, where I held leadership positions in the school's orchestras as well as was being an inaugural member of the University of Oklahoma Undergraduate Honor's String Quartet. 

During my years of performing, I have held both permanent sub positions, serving as Principal Second Violin in the Newport Symphony Orchestra in Newport, Oregon, and performing with orchestras across the country. Orchestras I have performed with as a sub include: Delaware Symphony, Eugene Symphony, Eugene Concert Orchestra, Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, Kennett Symphony, Newark Symphony, Rogue Valley Symphony, Tulsa Signature Symphony, and many others. 

My performances today include recitals all across the East Coast, holding performances in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Delaware, and New Jersey. 

TEACHING

2022 - Current     Violin and Viola Faculty, Music School of Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware 

•  Suzuki Academy Coordinator
• Violin and Viola Applied Lessons 
• Musicianship Class 
• Suzuki Violin           
• Group Class 
• El Sistema Orchestras 
• Delaware Youth Symphony Sectional Coach

2020     Violin Faculty, ICT Young Artists Summer Academy. Wichita, Kansas

• Concertmaster 
• Private Lessons 
• Etudes Class

2019 - 2020     Community Music Institute - University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon

• Suzuki Violin Group Class 
• Private Lessons 
• "Chamber Players" Small-Ensemble Coach

2016 - 2017     Silver Strings Summer Camp - Missouri State University. Springfield, Missouri

• Instructor 
• Soloist  
  • Bach Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra in 2016

2016     James String Quartet Academy. Lynchburg, Virginia

• Concertmaster 
• Assistant Faculty 
• Coached Small Ensembles

ORCHESTRAL

2020     Newport Symphony. Newport, Oregon

•  Principal Second Violin

2016 - Current     Sub Positions: Delaware Symphony, Kennett Symphony, Newark Symphony, 

• Eugene Symphony 
• Eugene Concert Orchestra 
• Rogue Valley Symphony 
• Symphony of Northwest Arkansas
• Springfield Symphony 
• Tulsa Signature Symphony

2019 - 2024     University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon

• Doctor of Musical Arts in Violin Performance
• Specialization in Violin and Viola Pedagogy
• Graduate String Quartet Assistantship
• Studied with Professor Hal Grossman
• Soloist with University of Oregon Symphony
  • Nan Schwarz Romanza

2018 - 2019     Missouri State University. Springfield, Missouri

• Performance Certificate in Violin Performance
• William T. White Graduate String Quartet
• Studied with Professor David Hays

2016 - 2018     Missouri State University. Springfield, Missouri

• Master of Music in Violin Performance
• Concertmaster Graduate Assistantship
• William T. White Graduate String Quartet
• Studied with Professor David Hays
• Winner: Missouri State University Concerto Competition
  • Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D 

2011-2016     University of Oklahoma. Norman, Oklahoma

• Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance
• Honors Undergraduate String Quartet
• Studied with Professor Hal Grossman 
• Winner: Ad Astra String Competition; 
• Winner: University of Oklahoma Concerto Competition
  • Henri Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto no. 4 in D minor