At Oberlin, Fowler studies with Almita and Roland Vamos. Her bachelor of music degree, which she will receive next year, will be in standard violin performance. She also studies secondary Baroque violin with McDonald, and has been admitted into the Master's program beginning this fall, where she will concentrate on the Baroque under McDonald's tutelage. She is a violinist with the Enesco String Quartet . The preparation I go through for competitions and performances is pretty much the same, but the actual event isn't always.
Performances are much more about letting loose, and just going for broke.
The amount of preparation that went into the event stays with you and can only make you better in the long run.