Jaime McArdle Lecturer in Music, Applied Violin, String Ensemble

Wilson Hall 3031
mcardlej@wlu.edu

Jaime McArdle grew up in Las Vegas, NV and began playing violin in the local School District Strings Program. She graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy High School (Interlochen, MI) with honors in violin performance and earned a BS in violin performance at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (with Teresa Ling) and a MM in violin performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under Camilla Wicks and Wei He.

While living in San Francisco, Jaime taught violin at the San Domenico Music Conservatory in Marin County and was the concertmaster of the Coastside Symphony Orchestra where she also performed as a soloist. In Las Vegas, Jaime was a member of the Las Vegas Philharmonic and taught at the College of Southern Nevada. Being a mecca for grand events, Las Vegas provided many opportunities for gala performances; Jaime has played in events for Wayne Newton, Andrea Bocelli and the Bellagio grand opening ceremonies (pictured in Time Magazine) as well as in orchestras conducted by Itzak Pearlman, John Williams, and Michael Gilbert (New York Philharmonic).

During college, Jaime spent multiple summers at Garth Newel Music Center (Hot Springs, VA) in the Summer Fellowship Program and decided to make Bath County her home in 2007. In 2010 she worked through Garth Newel Music Center to begin the first comprehensive strings education program in the Alleghany Highlands of Virginia. The Allegheny Mountain String Project covers three rural counties and through grants and donations for administrative costs and scholarships ensures the program is financial accessible to all. Jaime is currently program director and instructor for the Allegheny Mountain String Project as well as adjunct professor of violin and chamber music at Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA) where she performs with the Marlbrook Chamber Players and as concertmaster of the University teaching orchestra.