Vera Sherwood, violin

Vera Sherwood first studied violin at the Perm Music School in Perm Russia, then at Moscow Gnessin High College and finally at the M. Glinka Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory where she received a Diploma of Orchestra Artist, Artist of Chamber Ensemble and Teacher, as well as Diploma of Quartet Performance Artist. She was assistant concertmaster of the Academic Philharmonic Orchestra of Nizhny Novgorod and both principal second violin and resident soloist in the Moscow Chamber Orchestra “The Seasons.” Vera has toured extensively throughout Europe as a soloist and chamber musician, was a member of the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra until 2011 when she moved to Canada where she played with the Glenn Gould Quartet and in 2012 she joined the Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Vera is currently teaching at her private studio and is a violin instructor at Brock and McMaster Universities.