Elizabeth Almond Crute enjoys an active career as a chamber musician, orchestra player, and music educator. As the winner of the Augusta Symphony’s Concerto Competition, she performed Haydn’s Violin Concerto in G Major with the Augusta Symphony. Elizabeth was a member of ARCO Chamber Orchestra and was involved in multiple performances and recordings of classical and contemporary music with the ensemble. She toured with ARCO in Italy, performing at the 2011 UNESCO Conference in Venice at La Fenice. She was featured as a soloist with the Tidewater Intergenerational Orchestra and also performed for the First Lady of the Republic of Haiti in New Orleans. As an orchestral musician, Elizabeth has performed with ensembles such as the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Northern Neck Orchestra, Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra, Brevard Philharmonic, Augusta Symphony, Asheville Jazz Orchestra, North Georgia Chamber Orchestra, and Hendersonville Symphony Chamber Orchestra. She has appeared in performances at the Amadeus Festival, Westabou Music Festival, Killington Music Festival, and Philadelphia International Music Festival. Elizabeth is passionate about music education and the role that music and art plays in shaping our lives. She is currently the director of the Crescent City String Academy where she teaches private and group classes to pre-college students. In addition, she works with the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras as the development assistant and rehearsal assistant, and is also on faculty at the Louisiana Academy of Performing Arts. She has also worked at the Philadelphia International Music Festival as a chamber music coach, the Director of the Children’s Program, and sectional instructor. Elizabeth is a graduate of the University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music where she attended on a music scholarship. Her principal teachers were Levon Ambartsumian and Shakhida Azimkhodjaeva. She also earned her BS in environmental engineering while at UGA.