About Gioia
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Known for her vibrant performance style and engaging musicality, Gioia Gedicks is a classically-trained violinist with a myriad of experiences and interests, encompassing multiple genres and styles. She has experience in solo performing, chamber music, orchestral work, musical theater (pit and onstage), dance (pit), both free and stylistic improvisation (pop, country, jazz), contemporary music, studio sessions (film, tv, artists, etc.), and teaching. She is currently the fiddle player on the Come From Away North American Tour.
Recent accomplishments include performances as first violinist of the Kourdisma string quartet for the Lyric Chamber Music Society's '21-'22 and '22-'23 season; Audience Choice Award in the Mary Hilem Taylor Music Scholarship Competition in association with Palm Beach Symphony; performance alongside the genre-defying band Time for Three; 2022 scholarship recipient from the National Society of Arts and Letters; four-time concerto competition winner; featured soloist on a Cannes International Film Festival Official Selection. She received her Bachelor of Music from Boston Conservatory at Berklee studying with Katie Lansdale, her Master of Music degree at Lynn Conservatory studying with Guillermo Figueroa.
Originally from West Hartford, CT, Gedicks has had the opportunity to perform across the United States as well as Spain, Canada, and Germany. An avid scholar of the German language since the age of 5, she passed the Deutsche Sprachdiplom 1 at the B1 level, and has spent a few summers there, living with host families while attending music festivals. Her passion projects include teaching herself to figure skate and paint with watercolors. She loves cats, chocolate-covered cherries, reading, and the original Parent Trap movie.
Recent accomplishments include performances as first violinist of the Kourdisma string quartet for the Lyric Chamber Music Society's '21-'22 and '22-'23 season; Audience Choice Award in the Mary Hilem Taylor Music Scholarship Competition in association with Palm Beach Symphony; performance alongside the genre-defying band Time for Three; 2022 scholarship recipient from the National Society of Arts and Letters; four-time concerto competition winner; featured soloist on a Cannes International Film Festival Official Selection. She received her Bachelor of Music from Boston Conservatory at Berklee studying with Katie Lansdale, her Master of Music degree at Lynn Conservatory studying with Guillermo Figueroa.
Originally from West Hartford, CT, Gedicks has had the opportunity to perform across the United States as well as Spain, Canada, and Germany. An avid scholar of the German language since the age of 5, she passed the Deutsche Sprachdiplom 1 at the B1 level, and has spent a few summers there, living with host families while attending music festivals. Her passion projects include teaching herself to figure skate and paint with watercolors. She loves cats, chocolate-covered cherries, reading, and the original Parent Trap movie.
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