April Liberty, Young Musicians’ Junior & Intermediate Orchestras Conductor

April Marie Liberty, violinist and violist, earned her Bachelor’s in Music degree in viola performance in 2009 from a full-merit scholarship at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music.  Prior to college, April graduated from high school in 2005 from the nationally recognized Walnut Hill High School for the Performing Arts with a focus on both musical theater and music performance.  As a young musician, April studied at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School in Boston, MA from 1995-2005. Over the years, April has performed with many famous musicians, toured with orchestras to France, Italy and Spain, played numerous times with the Miami Symphony Orchestra, Frost Symphony Orchestra, as a ringer in the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra and continues to perform all throughout the South Florida area.  April also teaches group violin classes at Henry West Lab Elementary School grades K-5 and the FYO S.T.E.P.S program at Hialeah Gardens Elementary School grades 3-5.  April is also a private violin and viola teacher serving many students throughout the Miami area.  Aside from her musical endeavors, April is President of the Liberty Family Foundation, a global charitable outreach organization (www.libertyfamilyfoundation.org) and is Chair of Indego Africa’s Miami Regional Board (www.indegoafrica.org).