Audrey Goodner

Violinist Audrey Goodner is in her third year of study at the Curtis Institute of Music. She has recently garnered numerous accolades, including concertmaster of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, appearances as soloist with the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Second Prize at the 38th Irving M. Klein International String Competition, Fourth Prize at the 2022 Thomas & Evon Cooper International Violin Competition, and concerto competition winner for both the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra and the United States Army Band Young Artist Competitions. In August of 2025 and 2026, Audrey was invited to give a solo recital at the Bar Harbor Music Festival with pianist Ann Sears and Erika Nickrenz.

As concertmaster of the Langley High School Orchestra and the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, Audrey has been a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall and in venues throughout the Washington, D.C. area. Her participation in the National Symphony Orchestra’s Youth Fellowship Program has further provided numerous solo and chamber music performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Italian Embassy, and throughout the District of Columbia Public Schools. Additionally, she has toured throughout the United States with the Curtis Chamber Orchestra as concertmaster.

Audrey studies with Benjamin Beilman at the Curtis Institute of Music. Her previous teachers include Ryan Meehan of the Calidore String Quartet and Jing Qiao of the National Symphony Orchestra. She spent six summers studying with Danielle Belen at the University of Michigan’s Center Stage Strings and has also participated in summer studies with Sibbi Bernhardsson at the Harpa International Music Academy in Reykjavík, Iceland. Additional summer studies include three summers at Music@Menlo’s Young Performers Program, Toronto Summer Music, and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.