Kirsten Wissink

Kirsten Wissink graduated with Honors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in May of 2012, where she studied Violin Performance with David Neely and chamber music with the Chiara string quartet. Her violin teachers and mentors have included Dana Meyer, Ronda Cole, Rebecca Fischer, David Neely, and Lisa Watkins. She has been in numerous recitals and university productions as a soloist and chamber musician, including the Bach B-Minor Mass with the Chiara String Quartet in 2011. In addition, she has been privileged to play on such acclaimed stages as Carnegie Hall and the Grand Ole Opry House, and has performed with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra since 2012.

Kirsten is a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas. She teaches as an Artist-Faculty member at the Omaha Conservatory of Music, gives violin and viola lessons at Concordia University in Seward, NE, and conducts private lessons and small ensemble coachings at her home studio in Lincoln, NE.