Adriana Triggs, a native of Southern California, holds a Masters Degree in Violin Performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. She also holds a Bachelors Degree in Violin Performance and Music Education from Chapman University Conservatory of Music.
Mrs. Triggs has had the pleasure of playing in such groups as the Mozart Classical Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Choir, Musishare Chamber Players, Golden State Pops Orchestra, Sinfonia at the prestigious Aspen Music Festival, Blackbird Music Project, and others.
Through the Musishare Young Artists Program in Irvine CA, directed by Adriana’s former teacher and mentor Professor William Fitzpatrick, she has played in violin master classes for world renowned performers and pedagogues such as Cho-Liang Lin, Paul Kantor, Stephen Clapp, Kurt Sassmannshaus, and Connie Heard. During this time as a student Adriana had the privilege of studying under Connie Heard at the Aspen Music Festival.
During Adriana’s studies at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, her live string quartet performance of Webern’s Langsamer Satz was feautured on 98.7 WFMT, Chicago’s leading classical music radio station.
Adriana is a passionate and dedicated educator. She served in the faculty of the Orange County High School of the arts in Santa Ana. In addition, she has had the pleasure of coaching the music students of the Capistrano Unified School District orchestras, Santa Margarita Catholic High School and is a guest artist faculty at the esteemed Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra. She has adjudicated auditions for Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra, Capistrano Unified School District Honor Orchestras, All-Southern California Honor Orchestras and Junior Chamber Music. Adriana has served in the string faculties of Casa Romantica Music Festival and Academy in San Clemente, CA and Capistrano International Chamber Music Festival in San Juan Capistrano, CA.
Mrs. Triggs' students have gone off to major in Violin Performance, have been accepted to the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA and have also been accepted to the following performing groups: Orange County Youth Symphony, Musishare Young Artists Program Quartet Initiative, Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings, Prelude Chamber Strings, Prelude String Orchestra, Trio Celeste Chamber Music Summer Festival, Southern California Youth Philharmonic, CYOSC, Capistrano Unified School District Honor Orchestras, and Irvine Unified School District Honor Orchestras.
She maintains a dynamic violin studio at home in Mission Viejo, CA and keeps a busy and fulfilling life with her husband violist Phillip Triggs, son Thomas and daughter Luciana.