ALYSSA BOXHILL

CONCERTMASTER

Alyssa Boxhill has been a member of the Frederick Symphony Orchestra since 2004 and was appointed Concertmaster in 2015. Ms. Boxhill began her musical training at the Manhattan School of Music’s Preparatory Division in New York City at the age of four. She continued her studies in violin performance at MSM with Patinka Kopec while earning a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Barnard College.

As a student, Ms. Boxhill attended the Kinhaven Music School, the Quartet Program under the direction of Charles Castleman, and the Perlman Music Program under the instruction of Itzhak Perlman. She has performed as a soloist with the Frederick Symphony Orchestra, the New Orchestra of Westchester, the Yonkers Philharmonic, and the Columbia University Orchestra, and as a chamber musician at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. Outside of the Frederick Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Boxhill is a regular participant of the Kinhaven Adult Chamber Music Workshop in Weston, Vermont and performs as a freelance chamber and orchestra musician throughout the D.C. metropolitan area.

When not making music, Ms. Boxhill is a full-time graphic designer, photography enthusiast, avid cyclist, and certified cycling safety instructor. She and her partner live in downtown Frederick with a tripawd black cat named Eleven and two bicycles.