Benjamin Van Vliet

Benjamin Van Vliet is currently completing a Master of Music Degree in Violin Performance under the guidance of Elizabeth Chang at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has studied chamber music with members of the Lark Quartet and in performed in master classes for the Borromeo, Orion, and Miro Quartets. Ben has studied baroque violin with Linda Quan and Robert Eisenstein, played for Andrew Manze, and performed with the Folger Consort in Washington D.C. As a teacher, Ben is co-founder of Red Oak Strings, an Amherst based organization dedicated to teaching chamber music and small ensemble string playing.