Renée Patten

• Bachelors’ in violin performance under Dr. Cármelo de los Santos at UNM
• Masters’ in violin performance under Emanuel Borok; baroque violin under Cynthia Roberts at the University of North Texas
• studied with Paul Kantor for 4 years at the Aspen Music Festival
• taught, taught some more, still teaching at Parlando School of Musical Arts
• founding member of Ajax Quartet & became graduate String-Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Colorado (currently) under Takacs Quartet; won silver medal at the Coltman Chamber Competition, were finalists in Chesapeake Bay Competition, and were selected to attend Fresh Inc. Festival & Aspen Music Festival Advanced Quartet Studies program during summer of 2018
• principal viola of the Boulder Bach Festival (current)
• violinist of B.A.D. Ensemble (current), an all new-music Pierrot ensemble under the direction of Pulitzer finalist & composer Carter Pann
• near completion of Artist Diploma in Advanced Quartet Studies (2019) and Doctorate in violin performance (2020) at the University of Colorado Boulder

Violin