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Jordan Delphos began violin lessons at the age of five and was already playing in orchestras and participating in solo competitions by her seventh birthday. She was concertmaster of the Maryland All State Orchestra in the first year she was old enough to participate, was a founding member of the Vivaldi All Girls Orchestra, and concertmaster of the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra when the Orchestra made its debut at Carnegie Hall with renowned trumpeter Arturo Sandoval. During the inaugural tour of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, Jordan made her conducting debut with the Orchestra at the Wolf Trap stage in Vienna,Virginia. She has been on eight extensive tours with the Orchestra and was selected to perform with Paquito D'Rivera in his "50 Years of Performance" concert at Carnegie Hall. Jordan graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in 2003 and earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in Violin Performance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007, where she received the University's Benjamin T. Swadler Orchestra award. She was co-founder of the University's first Latin Jazz ensemble, Charanga Carolina, and an active participant in the University's Baroque Ensemble. Jordan is currently a graduate student of Orchestral Conducting under the direction of Harold Farberman at Bard College. |