Chicago native KELSEY LACOUR began her professional music career at the age of eleven, under the guidance of Drew Lecher. LaCour continued her musical and pedagogical studies under Sherban Lupu (UIUC), Masumi Per Rostad (now Eastman), and Dimitri Murrath (now San Francisco Conservatory). While at conservatory, LaCour garnered multiple competition wins and scholarships. To date, she is the only undergraduate in UIUC School of Music history to win three separate, full-ride scholarships in her first four semesters of study.
Professionally, LaCour has performed as a violinist, violist, and vocalist with classical, gospel, renaissance, and rap/hip-hop ensembles throughout the United States and Europe. Notable appearances include HOPERA: A Hip-Hop Opera; the Symphonies of Chicago, Baltimore, and Brno; The International African Methodist Episcopal Delegation Band; Black Violin; and KanYe West.
A passionate teacher, LaCour has taught hundreds of students in her twenty-four-year career. She currently performs as Principal Violist of the Four Seasons Chamber Orchestra in Washington, DC, and maintains private studios in Sykesville and Ellicott City, Maryland. Mrs. LaCour particularly enjoys coaching chamber music, and is the Founder and Director of the Chamber @ Program Series, (formerly the Social-Distancing Chamber Music Program), now in its sixth season. Making its home at Perrin Violins in Ellicott City and Carroll Music Teachers Association in Hampstead, Maryland, Chamber @ offers a positive, personalized chamber music experience for all ages and skill levels.
A wife and mother of three young children, LaCour spends her leisure time (ha!) gardening, baking, and volunteering in her community.
Professionally, LaCour has performed as a violinist, violist, and vocalist with classical, gospel, renaissance, and rap/hip-hop ensembles throughout the United States and Europe. Notable appearances include HOPERA: A Hip-Hop Opera; the Symphonies of Chicago, Baltimore, and Brno; The International African Methodist Episcopal Delegation Band; Black Violin; and KanYe West.
A passionate teacher, LaCour has taught hundreds of students in her twenty-four-year career. She currently performs as Principal Violist of the Four Seasons Chamber Orchestra in Washington, DC, and maintains private studios in Sykesville and Ellicott City, Maryland. Mrs. LaCour particularly enjoys coaching chamber music, and is the Founder and Director of the Chamber @ Program Series, (formerly the Social-Distancing Chamber Music Program), now in its sixth season. Making its home at Perrin Violins in Ellicott City and Carroll Music Teachers Association in Hampstead, Maryland, Chamber @ offers a positive, personalized chamber music experience for all ages and skill levels.
A wife and mother of three young children, LaCour spends her leisure time (ha!) gardening, baking, and volunteering in her community.
