Violin, Viola & Piano Lessons with Ting-An W.

Ting-An W. is a violist, educator, and arts administrator based in Pittsburgh, PA. She currently serves as a section violist with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra and as the principal violist with the Georgetown Chamber Orchestra. Over the past eight years, she has performed with various other orchestras, including the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Expanding beyond her practice as an orchestral performer, Ting-An has recently begun pursuing an interest in pushing the boundaries of viola performance. She has commissioned composer Michael Mills to write a multi-movement work for solo viola and electronics to be premiered in the spring of 2026.

Beyond her work as a performer, Ting-An is a deeply devoted music educator. In addition to teaching privately, she has taught violin and viola at numerous institutions and programs, including Camp Encore/Coda, the Amarillo Youth Orchestra, and Baltimore and Howard County public schools. Since 2019, she has been an integral part of the Bridges Music Program, a non-profit organization committed to providing high-quality string instruction to underserved students in Baltimore City, regardless of financial circumstances. Through this program, Ting-An has taught in multiple public elementary schools as a violin and viola instructor, where she fosters development through a warm and supportive learning environment for her students. After three years of teaching for the program, her passion for nurturing a love of music led her to become the program director in 2021. In this role, she supervises program teachers, oversees educational content, fosters strategic relationships, and manages instrument inventory, among many other responsibilities.

Ting-An is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Viola Performance at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, where she studies under the guidance of Professor Victoria Chiang. She previously earned both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Viola Performance at Peabody, studying under Choong-Jin Chang.