Welcome Ariana!

We warmly welcome Ariana Falk to Providence! A native of Portland, Oregon, Ariana studied with the same cello teacher as Sara while she was in high school. After attending Yale College for her undergraduate degree, she continued on to earn a Masters and Artist Diploma at Yale's School of Music. From New Haven, she headed north to study with Michael Reynolds of the Muir String Quartet at Boston University where she completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree. [Editor: A marathon enthusiast, it is likely that Ariana ran the 150 miles from New Haven to Boston, although this is unconfirmed.]

Are there things in particular that you are looking forward to about this position? "I can already see that the sharing of ideas that takes place among all the staff and teachers is going to be a wonderful resource as I develop as a teacher. Things like sharing lesson goals, scale plans, and studio development ideas are all of great interest to me. And of course I look forward to the opportunity to connect in so many meaningful ways with the students and families. It’s not all about what the Fellowship can give me for the future; it’s also about the relationships that will form now, and all that facilitated by the warm and welcoming community that CMW has fostered."