Over the last decade, Sophie Till’s unique teaching approach has become internationally known for solving playing-related injuries, giving players the tools to overcome playing limitations and enabling them to reach new levels of expressivity.

Sophie Till is Associate Professor of Violin and Director of the String Project at Marywood University, Pennsylvania. Along with three other colleagues, Sophie founded the Till Project in 2021 to develop and share the Till Approach, focusing on pedagogy, professional development, orchestral playing and injuries. Sophie’s work with Edna Golandsky at the Golandsky Institute NY from 2010-2021 led to the development of Sophie’s approach to string playing, in particular her own lessons with Ms. Golandsky.

Sophie works internationally with many professional orchestral players solving playing-related injuries, in particular with players from the U.S, U.K and Australia and is the string specialist for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the U.K. Sophie’s interest in children’s pedagogy is a result of her experience with professional players. She noticed that the causes of injury were often found in the early training players had received and that brain-body patterns introduced at the earliest stages had to be grounded in normal physical logic, recognizable to even the youngest child. Part of the Till Project is dedicated to children’s pedagogy, its development and dissemination, such that it can be used in any teaching situation. She believes that young players should have the physical knowledge and equipment to have sustainable careers of their choice, without facing pain and injury and that changing the culture of string pedagogy lies in the hands of those teaching.

Sophie’s work is dedicated to helping professional players and changing the culture of string education for younger generations.

Sophie is an active performer, giving recitals and chamber music in the U.S, and internationally. She has been featured in live television performances and in radio broadcasts. She two CDs “Meditations” and the complete Brahms Sonatas with duo partner Ron Stabinsky. She recently produced two films of solo violin music, Bach’s Chaconne https://youtu.be/7GN95bJla38 and Schnittke’s A Paganini https://youtu.be/fykjceXxSBc.

In addition to her studies with Edna Golandsky, Sophie studied with Dona Lee Croft at the Royal College of Music Junior Department in London from the age of 9. She completed her undergraduate studies with Zakhar Bron at the Royal Academy of Music and in Lübeck, Germany and her graduate studies with Charles Treger at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.