Erin Kathryn Ripka received a master's degree in violin performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She holds a bachelor's degree in violin performance from the University of Minnesota and also studied violin for two years in Graz, Austria. Erin completed Suzuki teacher training at the Sato Center of Suzuki Studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music under Kimberly Meier-Sims. Her former teachers include Sally O’Reilly, Yair Kless and Stephen Rose. She played with the New Haven and Hartford Symphony Orchestras while living in Connecticut and she was a featured soloist with the Arizona Bach Festival while living in Phoenix. Erin was the violin instructor at All Saints' Music School in Phoenix, AZ before moving with her husband and daughter to Oklahoma in 2021. She is a violinist in the Oklahoma City based “Soluna Concert Series” and recently joined the professional chamber orchestra and vocal ensemble “Tactus”. Erin has presented numerous solo and chamber music recitals and performs as a member of the Ripka Duo with her husband, pianist and organist Joseph Ripka. She currently maintains a large violin studio at the Oklahoma Conservatory of Music.