Alexandra Hadden, Violin

Alexandra Hadden began her violin studies as a Suzuki student at the age of three. She holds a Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, in violin performance from The Hartt School at the University of Hartford, where she studied with Mitchell Stern and Katie Lansdale. She completed long-term Suzuki teacher training with Teri Einfeldt and has taken additional Suzuki courses with Linda Case and Christie Felsing. Alexandra has also completed training in Suzuki Early Childhood Education with Lynn McCall. A Suzuki teacher for over 20 years, she currently teaches violin and Suzuki Early Childhood Education at the Hartt Community Division. In addition to teaching in the Hartt Suzuki program, she is its general administrator and violin coordinator.

Alexandra has been a clinician at the Hartt Suzuki Institute, Massachusetts Suzuki Festival, and the Carlsbad String Education Suzuki workshop, as well as a regular guest teacher at strings clinics in local public schools. She served as the chair of the Suzuki department at Powers Music School in Belmont, MA, where she taught for over a decade. Alexandra has been a member of the Cape Symphony Orchestra, Plymouth Philharmonic, and Cape Cod String Quartet, and has performed with the Ocean State Chamber Orchestra. She has freelanced extensively in California, Mexico, and the greater Boston area.