Sherril K. Wood
Founding Academy Director
Flute, Recorder, Piano

Kimberly Fitch
Violin, Viola

Kimberly Fitch, originally from Ashland Oregon, holds a Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Fitch has studied with Faina Podolnaya, Philip Ying, Helen Callus, Carol Rodland, James Dunham and Jeffrey Irvine, and has played in master classes for Karen Tuttle, Karen Ritscher, Susan Dubois and Erika Eckert. An enthusiast for contemporary music, Fitch has performed music by composers such as Beat Furrer, Matthias Pintscher, Steve Reich and Wolfgang Rihm, as well as works by faculty members and students of Eastman as a member of Musica Nova, OSSIA, and The Cape Cod Experiment. Fitch has worked with new music expert Brad Lubman as well as period music experts Christel Thielmann and Kristian Bezeidenhout. Fitch was a scholarship recipient at the Aspen Music Festival, The Britt Institute with the Cavani and Pacifica Quartets and the Soundfest Quartet Institute with the Colorado Quartet. Fitch was a semifinalist at the 2005 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, winner of the 2002 Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon Concerto Competition, and recipient of the John Celentano Award for Chamber Music at the Eastman School. Fitch currently teaches sectionals at Santa Monica High School and teaches violin and viola privately throughout the greater Los Angeles area.