Ariel Parkington grew up in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Her parents are both accomplished musicians, and her childhood was immersed in music. She began playing violin at age eight. In 1995, she entered into the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from Boston University in 2001, where she studied with violin virtuoso and pedagogue Roman Totenburg, and Boston Symphony Orchestra member Lucia Lin. She received her Master of Music (Violin) degree at the University of Arizona, under the direction of Mark Rush, and a Masters of Chamber Music from the University of South Florida. She has performed with the Tucson Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, Florida West Coast Symphony, Southwest Florida Orchestra, Cape, Nashua and Reading Symphony Orchestras, Provincetown Chamber Players, and Plymouth Chamber Music Festival. Ms. Parkington's musical career has resulted in interactions with internationally acclaimed musicians such as Samuel Sanders, Andres Diez, Raphael Hillyer, and the Emerson, Lydian, Muir, and Borromeo String Quartets. In her spare time, she performs around the world with her three sisters in a folk-pop band called The Parkington Sisters.
Teaching experience
2009-present Violin/viola instructor at Deerfield Academy
2011- present Violin instructor at The Bement School
2011- present Violin/viola/fiddle instructor at Red Barn Music School
2008-2009 Violin instructor at Patel Conservatory Tampa FL
2007-2009 Suzuki violin/group instructor at Suzuki Strings Institute Spring Hill FL
2004-2007 String teacher at Tucson Unified School District
2004-2007 Suzuki violin teacher at the Music Academy of Tucson
Suzuki teacher training with Edmund Sprunger, Susan Kempter, Michele George, and Karin Hallburg
Suzuki Book 1 Training Santa Fe Suzuki Institute with Edmund Sprunger
Teaching experience
2009-present Violin/viola instructor at Deerfield Academy
2011- present Violin instructor at The Bement School
2011- present Violin/viola/fiddle instructor at Red Barn Music School
2008-2009 Violin instructor at Patel Conservatory Tampa FL
2007-2009 Suzuki violin/group instructor at Suzuki Strings Institute Spring Hill FL
2004-2007 String teacher at Tucson Unified School District
2004-2007 Suzuki violin teacher at the Music Academy of Tucson
Suzuki teacher training with Edmund Sprunger, Susan Kempter, Michele George, and Karin Hallburg
Suzuki Book 1 Training Santa Fe Suzuki Institute with Edmund Sprunger