I am Francesca Fetten-Violin, a San Diego–based violinist with a breadth of orchestral and chamber experience. I perform regularly with the San Diego Symphony as a contract and substitute violinist, and I also appear with the Pacific Symphony as a substitute, Silk Road Ensemble as a chamber violinist, and several other ensembles. I trained at Rice University and Oberlin Conservatory, and my performances have spanned from Boston and Atlantic orchestras to Hamburg’s Ensemble Refektor, enriching my approach to both ensemble playing and solo repertoire.

Francesca Fetten-Violin

I am Francesca Fetten-Violin, a San Diego–based violinist with a breadth of orchestral and chamber experience. I perform regularly with the San Diego Symphony as a contract and substitute violinist, and I also appear with the Pacific Symphony as a substitute, Silk Road Ensemble as a chamber violinist, and several other ensembles. I trained at Rice University and Oberlin Conservatory, and my performances have spanned from Boston and Atlantic orchestras to Hamburg’s Ensemble Refektor, enriching my approach to both ensemble playing and solo repertoire.

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I am Francesca Fetten-Violin, a San Diego–based violinist with a breadth of orchestral and chamber experience. I perform regularly with the San Diego Symphony as a contract and substitute violinist, and I also appear with the Pacific Symphony as a substitute, Silk Road Ensemble as a chamber violinist, and several other ensembles.

I trained at Rice University and Oberlin Conservatory, and my performances have spanned from Boston and Atlantic orchestras to Hamburg’s Ensemble Refektor, enriching my approach to both ensemble playing and solo repertoire.

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Work Experience

Contract Violinist and Substitute Violinist at San Diego Symphony
January 1, 2024 - Present
Performs as contract violinist and substitute violinist; currently engaged with the ensemble.
Substitute Section Violinist at Pacific Symphony
January 1, 2021 - Present
Subsidiary violinist for the ensemble.
Chamber Violinist at Silk Road Ensemble
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Chamber violinist performing in a multi-ensemble context.
Section Violinist at Ensemble Refektor
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020
Section violinist for the Hamburg-based ensemble.
Violinist at Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014
Orchestral violinist with the Boston-based ensemble.
Violinist at Atlantic Symphony Orchestra
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014
Orchestral violinist with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra.

Education

Masters of Music at Rice University Shepherd School of Music
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2018
BA of Music at Oberlin Conservatory
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2015

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