Our Team
Ching-Yi Lin, Executive Director
Violinist Ching-Yi Lin’s recent performances and masterclasses have taken her to the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Norway, the Shenyang and Xi’an Conservatories in China, Northwestern University, Louisiana State University, and the University of British Columbia. She’s also performed in New York on the Museum of Modern Art’s Summer Garden Series, Sejong Center in South Korea, and in Taiwan at the National Concert Hall in Taipei.
Her new album on MSR Classics features sonatas for violin and piano by Ives, Bolcom, and Corigliano. In reviewing the album, Gramophone noted the “panache and warmth” of Ms. Lin’s playing and described the interpretations as “a series of tender, lively, and challenging conversations.”
A dedicated and creative teacher, Ching-Yi Lin is Associate Professor at Western Kentucky University and also serves on the faculty at the Indiana University Summer String Academy and the WKU Summer String Institute. Previously, she served on the faculty of the Sommersymfoni i Kristiansand in Norway.
Dr. Lin holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and she undertook additional studies at the Vienna Conservatory. Ching-Yi plays on a violin made in 1863 by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume.
Andy Braddock, Co-Director
Violist Andrew Braddock’s teaching and performing career has recently taken him to the Sejong Center in Seoul, South Korea, the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, and the International Viola Congress in Rotterdam.
Dr. Braddock is the editor of the Journal of the American Viola Society, the most prominent peer-reviewed publication for viola scholarship. With its three issues per year, the journal presents musicological and music theory research relating to the viola, in addition to pedagogical insights and current reviews. Most recently, Dr. Braddock spearheaded an issue devoted to the 40th anniversary of George Rochberg’s viola sonata, examining it from various musicological, historical, and theoretical perspectives. He previously served as the journal’s New Music Editor, and currently serves on the board of the American Viola Society.
He is the principal violist of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, and he regularly plays with the Nashville Symphony and the Nashville Opera. He holds degrees from Indiana University, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Kentucky. His principal teachers are Atar Arad, Kathryn Plummer, and John Graham.
Hannah Kabrick
Violinist Hannah Kabrick is dedicated to spreading the joy of music through performance and pedagogy. She was a member of the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, in which she served as co-principal second violin and performed at the historic Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington, Indiana. Hannah was a member of the Indiana University Pre-College String Academy, where she was in the studio of Gwen Chan and mentored by Dr. Brenda Brenner and Professor Mimi Zweig. She is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in music education at Western Kentucky University, where she is in the violin studio of Dr. Ching-Yi Lin and a scholar in the Mahurin Honors College. She is a member of the WKU Symphony and has performed violin and viola in a variety of chamber ensembles on campus.
Hannah aspires to make music education more accessible and has been involved in a variety of community outreach and education opportunities. She spent two years as a violin teaching assistant in the Indiana University Fairview Violin Project, an initiative that brings strings classes to the students of Fairview Elementary, Bloomington’s low-income area elementary school. Hannah was a featured speaker at the Monroe County Youth Council’s 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Day event, where she advocated for equity within music education by giving a presentation titled “This is Your Brain on Music - The Social Justice of Music Education.”
Since the fall of 2021, Hannah has been serving as a teaching assistant for the WKU String Academy, and was on the faculty for their Summer String Institute in 2019 and 2022. She is currently serving as treasurer of WKU’s chapter of American String Teachers Association, and is an active member of WKU’s chapter of Collegiate National Association for Music Education (CNAfME). Hannah teaches violin at the Guitar Academy of Bowling Green, and cultivates a high level of musicality and a love of music-making with her students. In 2022, Hannah was appointed lead teacher of Bridging Cultures with Music, a non-profit organization providing violin classes to English Second Language students in the Bowling Green community.
Chase Winemiller
Chase Winemiller is a Music Education major at Western Kentucky University (WKU) originally from Louisville. KY. She served as the principal violist in the Louisville Youth Orchestra for 5 years, and is currently principal viola of the WKU Symphony Orchestra. Chase’s experience includes teaching in the WKU String Academy, where in addition to teaching individual lessons and group classes, leads the Early Childhood Development group. Chase is the President for the WKU chapter of the American Strings Teacher Association.
Misti Carrigan
Misti Carrigan attended Western Kentucky University where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Psychology with minors in Social Work and Criminology in May 1993. She went on to complete her Master of Arts in Education with an emphasis in Community Counseling graduating May 1996. She continued her study in the field to become a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with credentials to practice in the Commonwealth. She began her work by volunteering at Barren River Area Spouse Abuse Center. She later became employed as the Child Development Counselor at the agency before moving to Bowling Green High School's newly added Youth Services Center in January 2000.
As Coordinator, Misti has facilitated many programs addressing needs for students and their families in crisis, substance abuse prevention, college and career preparedness, basic needs and attendance issues. Her role in the school is to meet the needs of all students and their families as a means to enhance student academic success. Misti serves on the Citizen's Foster Care Review Board, the Interested Party Review Board, the Warren County Foster and Adoptive Care Association, the Regional Inter-Agency Council and the Kentucky Association of Substance Abuse Prevention. Misti has been an instrumental asset working to ensure Bridging Cultures through Music is a success. Misti has diverse interests that include foster care and adoption issues; cultural diversity; service learning; and substance abuse prevention. Misti is married with four children three of whom are adopted through the foster care system.
Past Educators
Ying Cheng
WKU Alumni
Evan Patriatan
WKU Student
Malika Brower
BGSU, Masters Student
Anna Darling
Teacher, WKU String Academy
Zoe Hu
Student, Babson College
Rebekah Soued
Private Studio, Boulder, CO
LeeAnna Delbridge
WKU Alumni
Emily Vaughn
Music Academy of Western North Carolina
Grace Kim
WKU Alumni
Emily Chambers
WKU Alumni