VIOLIN

Email: hbohanno@ius.edu
Office: OG 080
Phone: (812) 941-2100, ext. 6052

Helen J. Bohannon (violin) is a 1982 graduate with a performance degree from Indiana University, Bloomington. She studied with renowned artists such as James O. Buswell IV, Miriam Fried, Greg Fulkerson, and with Stanley Ritchie for Baroque Violin. Helen has performed with the faculty of the Eastman School of Music and as a member and soloist with the Owensboro Symphony. As an auxiliary member of the Louisville Orchestra, she performed with the orchestra in their 1989 tour to Carnegie Hall. Helen has performed as concertmaster for the Southern Baptist Seminary Orchestra, the Indiana University Southeast Orchestra, and the Jewish Community Center Orchestra. She has been a member of the IU Southeast Music Department faculty since 1991 and conducted the IU Southeast Orchestra during its 1997 concert season. Helen is also the first violinist and vocalist for the Classical Choice Trio and is Music Director at Grace Lutheran Church in New Albany. She served as co-director of the Floyd County (IN) Youth Symphony during the 2004-2005 season, and is currently String Clinic Director for the IU Southeast Arts Institute. In 1999, the Floyd County (IN) Council for the Arts recognized Helen Bohannon as Floyd County Artist of the Century.