About

B.M. in Violin Performance: Bradley University 2018​

M.M. in Violin Performance: DePaul University School of Music 2020​

Violinist Molly Wilson-Nogaj recently graduated with her Masters of Music degree from DePaul University School of Music where she studied with violinists Janet Sung and Ann Setzer. She obtained her Bachelor of Music degree at Bradley University under the instruction of violinist Marcia Henry Liebenow. While at Bradley University, she was a winner of the Concerto-Aria Competition and was named the 2017-2018 Presser Scholar, recognizing her academic and musical accomplishments.

Throughout her career, Molly has played in masterclasses led by Rachel Barton Pine, Paul Kantor, Peter Zazofsky, Won-Bin Yim, Lynn Chang, and Katie Lansdale. Her chamber music experiences have led her to summer festivals with the Chiara String Quartet and the Ariana String Quartet, along with an international tour to Denmark and Norway with the Hilltop String Quartet and the Bradley University Chorale.

As a native of Illinois, her involvement in the Illinois music community is wide-ranging. She is a contracted second violinist with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra. She was the concertmaster, president, and librarian of the Bradley Symphony Orchestra. At DePaul University, she was a violinist in the DePaul University Symphony Orchestra and orchestra librarian for the DePaul Concert Orchestra. She was a core member of 5th Wave Collective, a Chicago organization that champions works by womxn composers You will often find Molly sharing the gift of music in her community at public events and churches.

Molly’s passion for educating young violinists is the driving force behind her career. Molly is an active member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas and is trained in Books 1-4. She is a faculty member of the Youth Music Illinois Suzuki School of Music in Peoria Illinois. Prior to moving to Chicago for her master’s degree, she taught a studio of 25 violin and viola students at Kidder Music and in her own private studio which she founded in 2012. Her warm and gracious personality combined with a drive for excellence has led her students to many personal and musical victories.