COLIN BENN

CB Strings founder and director, Colin Benn, violin, viola and bass, received his Bachelor’s in Music from the Juilliard School and his Master’s Degree at Longy School of Music of Bard College. As a violist Colin has performed in orchestras throughout New York, in Italy at the Spoleto Festival, Umbria and Multipromo Opera Festival Orchestra, Florence as we well as the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Rio de Janeiro and the São Paulo Symphony where he toured Brazil and South America. He was the resident violist of Music Haven and a member of the Haven String Quartet from 2009 to 2015, and now serves as Senior Resident Musician, designing and teaching the Music 101 after school program. Colin recently played with Misha Piatigorsky and the Sketchy Orkestra at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City.