Lydia Veilleux
Education and Outreach ManagerLydia Veilleux has worked in music education and arts administration for the past 20 years, and has taught students of all ages in various community settings. As WRTI's Education & Outreach Manager, she oversees educational partnerships, sponsorships, events, and coverage.
Lydia previously served as the Associate Director of Admissions and Recruitment for Boyer College of Music at Temple University. Before coming to Temple, Lydia worked as the Artistic Director of the Trenton Music Makers Orchestra program, an El Sistema-inspired orchestra program in Trenton, NJ. She also served as the Willow Grove Branch Director at Settlement Music School.
Growing up in Maine, Lydia began her music career playing traditional fiddle styles and classical music. Lydia is an in-demand clinician leading workshops on string improvisation and fiddle styles and has taught workshops for the LA Phil's YOLA National Symposium, The El Sistema USA Symposium, String Project Los Angeles, and numerous bluegrass festivals.
Lydia lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia with her husband and son and maintains a studio of fiddle students. In her free time, she enjoys reading, running, and swimming.
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Meet conductor and clarinetist Sara Bock, a first-year student majoring in clarinet performance at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance. -
Meet 18-year old classical and jazz trumpeter Aidan Peterson, a member of Settlement Music School's Helen K. Schwartz Advanced Jazz Ensemble and the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra. -
Meet Nicole Hom, an undergraduate flute performance major at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance. -
Meet 14-year-old classical and jazz bassist Spencer Ellington Chambers, a member of the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz Ambassador Ensemble and the Juilliard Pre-College Symphony. -
Meet Katie Neary, an 18-year-old jazz saxophonist and a first-year jazz studies performance student at Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University. -
Meet 17-year-old vocalist Ifika Rowe, a member of the Pennsylvania Girlchoir and a senior at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA). -
Meet 16-year-old cellist and pianist Nina Braum-Bharti, member of the Musicopia String Orchestra and a mezzo in the Germantown Friends School A Capella. -
Meet 15-year-old trombonist Henry Koban Payne, winner of the 2023 Composition and Arranging Contest at the Jazz at Lincoln's Center's Essentially Ellington Competition. -
Meet violist Helen Qi, member of Temple Music Prep Center for Gifted Young Musicians' Youth Chamber Orchestra, and rising freshman at Yale University. -
Meet 15-year-old tubist, Keith Holmes, principal tubist of the Play on Philly Children’s Orchestra.
