Colin Benn

Violin/Viola Instructor

Colin Benn received his Bachelor’s in Music in viola performance from The Juilliard School and his Master’s of Music from the Longy School of Music of Bard College. He is a former member of the Haven String Quartet and Senior Resident Musician at Music Haven, a nationally recognized, award-winning afterschool arts program that provides tuition-free string instruction and free instruments to children in New Haven. He began his career with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra in Rio de Janeiro. He later joined the Sao Paulo Symphony, where he toured Brazil and South America.