Jerilyn Jorgensen is adjunct professor of violin and chamber music at the Lamont School of Music of the University of Denver and a member of the performance faculty of Colorado College. For 24 years she was first violinist of the Da Vinci Quartet, and as a member of that ensemble she has performed throughout the United States, been a prizewinner in the Shostakovich International String Quartet Competition and finalist in the Naumburg Chamber Music Competition, and appeared on PBS?s NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Of the influences that have shaped her life and performing career, Ms. Jorgensen cites as formative the teaching of the Juilliard Quartet: "The music for which I have the greatest affinity - late Beethoven and the great early 20th century works of Bartok and the Second Viennese School - is music that I learned to love through my studies with the Juilliard Quartet. They were a fantastic example of integrity and commitment to the process of artistic realization." She holds bachelor of music degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School, and a master of music degree from Juilliard. Her major teachers have included Zvi Zeitlin, Joseph Fuchs, and Leonard Sorkin. She enjoys mentoring young people through her private studio and her work with the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association.

Ms. Jorgensen plays a beautiful violin from 1750 made by Pietro Guarneri of Venice, formerly in the possession of Henri Temianka.

She most recently performed with members of the CCP in Ravel's String Quartet in June 2010 at the Lamont School of Music, as well as on the October 2009 program with Masakazu Ito, in Tedesco's Quintet for Guitar and Strings.

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