Connie Kupka
Connie Kupka was born and raised in Los Angeles where she studied at UCLA and began her professional career. In 1972, she won a scholarship to study chamber music with the Guarneri Quartet in Norfolk, Virginia and concurrently worked with violin pedagogue Broadus Earle. In 1973, she joined the Arriaga Quartet, which won First Prize in the Coleman competition in Pasadena. The following year, Ms. Kupka debuted at Town Hall in New York with the ensemble.
Ms. Kupka has participated in many summer chamber music festivals, including the festivals in Santa Fe, Ojai and the Grand Canyon. She has also appeared at the Oregon Bach Festival and at the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego. She has served as principal violinist in the Pasadena Symphony and the Colorado Music Festival, and has appeared as soloist with the South Bay Symphony and Colorado Chamber Orchestra.
Ms. Kupka has been a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra for 14 seasons. She augments her Los Angeles orchestral activities with frequent chamber music performances with the Pacific Serenades, Monday Evening Concerts and South Bay Chamber Music series, among others. She is also active in the motion picture studio orchestras.
