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Ariana O’Connell

Biography

Ariana is earning a bachelor’s degree at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, studying with Glenn Dicterow. She earned second place in the 2019 Chicago Violin Competition and first prize in the 2019 Midwest Conservatory Concerto Competition. Ariana has performed as associate concertmaster and fellow of the Chicago Youth Artists Symphony and is a Cadet teacher at the Betty Haag Academy of Music.

Journey to the Academy

Bartlett, Illinois Music Academy of the West

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