She has been a participant at many festivals, including the Isaac Stern Seminar and the Marlboro Music Festival. Ms. Sharp is currently a quite active performer, chamber musician, and teacher. She formerly served as professor of violin at both the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Santa Clara University but has recently joined the faculty at Sacramento State University where she is also a member of the resident Sun quartet. Beginning in 1997, she played two seasons with the San Francisco Symphony and is now performing with the Berkeley Symphony as Co-Concertmaster. Wendy Sharp - Violin, Chamber Music Faculty.
Award winning violinist, performs frequently as a violinist and chamber musician.
In demand as a teacher and chamber music coach, she is on the faculty of Yale School of Music and maintains a private studio. For nearly a decade Ms. Sharp was the first violinist of the Franciscan String Quartet. As a member of the quartet, she toured the USA, Canada, Europe and Japan and was honored with many awards, including first prize in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Press and City of Evian International String Quartet Competition. A native of the San Francisco Bay area, she attended Yale University, graduating summa cum laude with Distinction in Music and received her Master of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Ms. Sharp has served on the faculty of Mannes College, Dartmouth College, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Choate Rosemary Hall, and has participated in the Aspen, Tanglewood, Chamber Music West, Norfolk and Music Academy of the West Festivals.