Music Experience and Education
Teaching positions
Teaching positions I've
heald over the years
Education
My music education and
other education
Masterclasses
Professional musicians I've performed for and gotten 1-on-1 lessons and coaching from which were done in front of a live audience
Private Teachers
Professional musicians I've taken private 1-on-1 lessons with regularly
Competitions
&
Prizes
Competitions I've won and highly prestegious competitions I made to and performed in
Performances
Stages, settings, and music groups
I've performed with
Orchestra Positions
Positions I've held in
performing orchestras
Company Founder
Companies I've founded and directed that impact and grow the music
industry in a variety of ways
Music Program Founder
Programs I've founded for schools that previously didn't have music programs or facilities that needed help putting together music productions.
Orchestra Conductor
My performances and experience
as a conductor
Composer
Original works I've written
Music Festivals
&
Programs
Festivals and programs I've attended during my music studies
Private Music Studio (2010-)
Fedor teaches students of all ages. The goal is to strengthen techniques and performance habits while engaging and having them grow as musicians.
Quartertonez Music (2022-)
Quartertonez Music is a family-owned music education company dedicated to the exposure of students to culture and history through the arts. Quartertonez believes that an interdisciplinary, holistic approach to music education is essential to a student’s intellectual development grounded in an awareness of the world, and the diversity of cultures and people around them.
International School of Music (2021-22)
Music teacher at ISM, teaching one-on-one private lessons on sight and online.
Hunter Mill Music Studio (2012-22)
HMMS is a teacher organization in VA that promotes learning by grouping different studios and collaborating with chamber music groups, and running studio recitals.
The Juilliard School (2014 - 2017)
Studied at The Juilliard School for undergrad Violin Performance, one of the most prestigious music schools in the country.
Juilliard Pre-College (2012 - 2014)
Studied in Juilliard's pre-college program run every Saturday throughout the school year, including all classes types you'd see in college.
South Lakes High School (2010 - 2014)
Studied at this high school for his high school degree.
First Prizes
● Feuer Memorial String Competition | 2012
● Virginia State Music Teachers Concerto Competition | 2012
● OKK Chapter International Talent Hunt | 2012
● Potter’s Violins Young Artists Solo Competition | 2012
● Cogen Concerto Competition | 2010, 2009
● Marlin-Engel Solo Competitions | 2010, 2009, 2008
● Philadelphia International Concerto Competition | 2010
● Asian American Music Society's International Competition | 2009
● Alexandria Performing Arts Young Artists Competition | 2008
● Maryland Music Teachers Concerto Competition | 2
● American Fine Arts Festival | 2005
● Bacchanalia Young Artists Competition American Fine Arts Festival | 2004
International Competition Awards
● Semi-Finalist of the Schoenfeld International String Competition (2013)
● Semi-Finalist of the Fischoff Chamber Competition (2011)
...as the soloist with the following orchestras:
● McLean Youth Orchestra
● Loudoun Youth Orchestra
● University-Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra
● Bacchanalia Chamber Orchestra
● Capital City Symphony
...in the following notable venues:
Bel Cantanti Opera (BCO)
Assistant Concertmaster (2012-14)
Virtual Concert Halls (VCHS) (2020 - 23)
Virtual Concert Halls is a company that facilitates and produces performances for live performing musicians around the world and provides guidance as well as soundchecks in order to bring streaming quality on par with live performance. I took part in creating the company and helped
produce events and participated in managing the direction the company grew in.
Sound Espressivo Competition (SEC) (2020 - 23)
Sounds Espressivo Competition is a company owned and run by Virtual Concert Halls focusing on providing a new take on competitions. It focuses on giving opportunities to musicians with different strengths and passions. The competition also allows musicians to express their expertise in their field and helps them compete against artists pursuing the same goals and styles.
Arts Are For All Ages (AAFAA) (2007 - Present)
AAFAA is a 501K3 non-profit organization located in the greater Washington D.C. area. They host classical music concerts in retirement communities. This organization’s membership consists mainly of young musicians who volunteer their performances. Over the course of its operation, over 50 active performers performed in the first three years. Currently, the program has around 100 performers and provides nearly 40 performances each season.
Cornerstone School (Washington D.C.) (2014)
Developed curriculum for a school music program, collected educational materials and found sponsors to donate instruments. Furthermore, introduced large groups of students to music basics and taught group violin beginner lessons.
Artistic Director of May 9th Concert (2017)
The May 9th Concert is run at a retirement home complex. Fedor ran staging setups, set changes, transitions, and dress rehearsals. Additionally, Fedor coordinated its performers to help the performance run seamlessly.
South Lakes High School Orchestra (2013-14)
Conducted the rehearsals and sectionals under tutelage of Brian Baldwin.
Debut with the SLHS Orchestra for the school concert, conducting:
● Grieg Piano Concerto #2
● Tchaikovsky String Serenade - Elegie
Conducting Teachers
● Mark McCoy
● George Stelluto
● Adam Glaser
McLean Youth Orchestra (2013)
Invited by Mark McCoy to conduct the MYO in one of their season concerts
Miniature Fantasies
Collection of 9 short pieces for violin solo
Piano Prelude
Short work for piano
Film score music transcriptions
Transcribed Da Vinci Code theme for string orchestra for the South Lakes High School.
Lord of the Rings Medley
Compiled from other arrangements into a continuous collection for piano trio that follows the chronology of the story as well as represent each icon area of the world
List of festivals and programs I've attended once or multiple times:
● Juilliard Pre-College program
● American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras
(CM of SE, CO, SO, followed by 2 years violin 1 & 2 of PO)
● National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program
(with Oleg Rylatko, CM of the NSO)
● Aspen Music Festival (with David Finckel, Wu Han for their Chamber Music
Fellowship Program, and with Naoko Tanaka for private lessons)
● Meadowmount School of Music (with Walter Schwede)
● Philharmonic International Music Festival
(with Kim Fisher and Lawrence Fisher)
● Summit Music Festival (with Aaron Rosand, Joseph Silverstein, and
Victor Danchenko)
● Starling-DeLay International Violin Symposium