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Meet Tori

Hi! I'm Tori! I'm delighted you're here.

Maybe you've played the violin before and want to get back into it, or maybe you're a total beginner and a little unsure how to get started. Either way, finding the right teacher can feel like a daunting task.

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You want to learn from a professional who can really show you what you need to know. And you want to actually enjoy the process-- which means feeling comfortable, supported, and fulfilled by the progress you're making. That's where I come in!

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If you want:

  • Expert guidance from a teacher who gets you

  • ​Fun and effective lessons with plenty of laughter

  • A schedule that works for your busy life

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You're in the right place!​​​

More about me! I enjoy:​

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  • travel

  • reading (prose, poetry, nonfiction)

  • writing (bad poetry, website copy, jokes)

  • making homemade pasta 

  • running

  • listening to podcasts

  • exploring new restaurants

  • petting cats (2)

  • meditation

  • time with my people

  • see my professional bio below

Professional Bio

 Tori Woodrow’s sensitive and expressive playing has taken her throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Tori has toured France, Switzerland, and the UK three times, performing under the baton of Richard Giangiulio. She has also toured China with the Manhattan Symphonie Orchestra, playing in concert halls from Guangzhou to Shanghai.


Tori has built a versatile career as a freelance violinist. She has worked as a recording artist, and you can hear her on full-length movie soundtracks, commercials, and singer-songwriter albums.  As an orchestral musician, Tori has performed with the Vancouver, Charlotte, Charleston, Knoxville, Eugene, and Austin Symphony Orchestras. She has also played with the Carolina Ballet, Central City Opera, and the Colorado Music Festival.  Formerly, she served as Principal First Violin of the Fort Collins Symphony. She currently is a tenured member of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, the Opera Colorado Orchestra, and Inside the Orchestra.


In addition to performing, Tori enjoys an active career as a music educator. Tori is a registered teacher with the Suzuki Association of the Americas, and has studied Suzuki pedagogy with Judy Bossout-Gallic and William Starr. Tori has held faculty positions with Boulder Suzuki Strings in Boulder, Colorado, at the Cary School of Music in Cary, North Carolina, and at St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas. She is currently featured as a guest chamber music coach with the Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestra, and she teaches privately through her private studio, Blue Door Violin Denver.


Tori earned her Masters’ Degree in Violin Performance from the University of Texas at Austin. She holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from the same University, where she was a National Merit Finalist and was awarded a full academic scholarship. She graduated With Highest Honors as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

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Tori performs on a 1946 violin by Carl Becker, Sr.

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