Zeynep Alpan — Curriculum Advisor

Turkish-American violinist, Zeynep Alpan, started studying the violin at the age of 5 as part of her music therapy treatment for her diagnosis of speech delay and Auditory Processing Disorder. As an active soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician, Zeynep has appeared in a myriad of prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall, and Strathmore Hall.

‍In 2013, Zeynep co-founded the group Sonatas Stopping Starvation whose mission is to be of service as artists and citizens to organizations that work to fight hunger. Along with a school-wide food drive, they gave their first benefit concert in November 2013 at the Juilliard School. Additionally, Zeynep helps produce the Music and Autism Program at Stony Brook University, and has presented benefit concerts for the Inova Fairfax Children's Hospital. She regularly presents performances at various hospitals and health care facilities in New York and Ankara.