Ariana O'Connell • Violin fellow - Music Academy of the West

Ariana O'Connell

Violin fellow

Pronouns

She/Her

Fellow

2023

Age

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.