Elizabeth York

Elizabeth York lives in St. Paul, MN, and is sought after as a performer and teacher across the region.  She currently holds the positions of Associate Concertmaster and Personnel Manager of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra. She is also Associate Concertmaster of the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra. 

York is an avid chamber musician and recitalist with interest in a wide range of musical styles from baroque performance practice to contemporary music. Recent performance highlights include chamber music performances with Minnesota Bach Ensemble, Lake Pepin Chamber Music, Montana Chamber Music Summer Festival, MacPhail Spotlight Series, and Apollo Chamber Music Festival, and solo appearances with the South Dakota and Birch Creek Symphony orchestras. In Summer 2025, she appeared as soloist with the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra on their tour of Scotland and Ireland, performing Vaughn-Williams “The Lark Ascending” in five performances.

Elizabeth is a dedicated teacher with over 20 years of teaching experience, and she maintains a private studio. She has taught violin at Birch Creek Symphony Session in Door County, WI, since 2013 and served as concertmaster for the 2025 session. She has previously served on faculty at North Dakota State University, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, St. Cloud State University, and University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire.

In 2013, Elizabeth completed a dual Doctor of Musical Arts degree in violin and viola performance at Stony Brook University in New York. She also holds a B.M. from East Carolina University and M.M. from Stony Brook University in violin performance.  Her major teachers include violinists Ara Gregorian, Soovin Kim, and Phil Setzer, and violists Dan Panner, Nicholas Cords, and Lawrence Dutton, and chamber music studies with the Emerson String Quartet. 

Find her work at elizabeth-york.com.