Gina Calloway

Biography

Gina Calloway is currently in her 23rd year as Director of Orchestras at Woodward Academy in College Park, GA.  Previously, she held teaching positions at both the Harpeth Hall School and the Nashville School of the Arts, both of which are in Nashville, TN.  She holds a double bachelor's degree in both Performance and Music education from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where she studied under Masao Kawasaki of the Juilliard school.

She has played viola professionally in the Detroit Symphony, New World Symphony, Michigan Opera Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, Huntsville Symphony and Columbus Symphony. She has been a featured violinist/violist on numerous recording sessions, both in Atlanta and in Nashville.  In her spare time, she is a freelance violinist/violist.

She has received several teaching awards, including the Ben F. Johnson, III stipend, awarded by Woodward Academy.  Her Orchestras consistently earn Superior ratings at Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE) and National Music Festival Competitions.  She has three daughters (ages 15, 17 and 19) and resides in Atlanta.