Violinist Heather Braun performs as first violinist of the prize-winning Arneis Quartet and as a member of the Orchestra of Emmanuel Music in Boston. She was appointed to the Boston University School of Music faculty in 2014 and the St. Anselm College faculty in 2016. She has performed throughout Canada, China, Italy, and the United States. Other recent performance venues include the Boston Athenaeum, Boston University, University of Indianapolis, Williams College, Frederick Collection, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and Cabot Theater.
She has performed as a soloist with orchestras in Boston, Milwaukee, and Washington DC. Dr. Braun received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Boston University, studying with Peter Zazofsky. While at BU, she was twice given the String Department Award and received the Zulalian Foundation Award. Other prizes include the Jules C. Reiner Violin Prize from the Tanglewood Music Center and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Fellowship.
Dr. Braun has coached chamber music and violin at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Manchester Music Festival, Point CounterPoint, Taconic Music, Duxbury Music Festival, and Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music. She additionally serves as a violin faculty member at Westminster Conservatory in Princeton, New Jersey. Heather can be heard on the Arneis Quartet album, “Arneis Quartet and Friends”, which was released in 2016 on Centaur Records, to critical acclaim.
