American violinist Sharon Roffman, made her solo concerto debut at age sixteen with the New Jersey Symphony and is now equally sought after as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral leader and music educator.  Ms. Roffman was concertmaster of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra from 2017-2023 and has performed as a guest concertmaster with orchestras around the world including the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, Swedish Radio Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Festival Orchestra, principal 2^nd of Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and has been a frequent guest member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, among others.  Ms. Roffman was “Violon Solo” of Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse from 2016-17 and a member of Orchestre National de France from 2009-2011.  Beginning summer of 2025, she was appointed Concertmaster of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, the summer orchestra in residence at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York.  As a chamber musician, Ms. Roffman has collaborated with members of the Guarneri quartet, Juilliard Quartet, Brentano Quartet, Shanghai Quartet, Avalon Quartet, and Miami Quartet and spent several summers performing at the Marlboro Music Festival.  Passionate about combining performance and education, Ms. Roffman is the founder and artistic director of ClassNotes, a chamber music ensemble and non-profit organization dedicated to introducing public school students to classical music through interdisciplinary school residencies, and regularly creates online curricula for students and audiences alike to learn about music. Ms. Roffman is a graduate of the Juilliard School and the Cleveland Institute of Music; her former teachers include Itzhak Perlman, Donald Weilerstein, Peter Winograd, Robert Lipsett, Patinka Kopec and Nicole DiCecco.