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Ariana O’Connell

Ariana O'Connell
Violin fellow
Pronouns
She/Her
Fellow
2023
Age
21
Birthplace
Bartlett, Illinois
School
University of Southern California Thornton School of Music
Compeers
Kathleen and Jerry Eberhardt
Scholarship Donor
Kathleen and Jerry Eberhardt Scholarship in Violin

Ariana is earning a bachelor’s degree at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, studying with Glenn Dicterow. She earned second place in the 2019 Chicago Violin Competition and first prize in the 2019 Midwest Conservatory Concerto Competition. Ariana has performed as associate concertmaster and fellow of the Chicago Youth Artists Symphony and is a Cadet teacher at the Betty Haag Academy of Music.