String Project Faculty

Jennifer Norris, Director

Jennifer Stewart Norris grew up in Athens, GA and began studying violin at the age of six through the UGA School of Music.

Mrs. Norris's public school teaching career began in Gwinnett County at Collins Hill High School and Duluth Middle School, while her private teaching career began as a UGA School of Music student, employed by the UGA Pre-College Music Program (now known as the UGA Community Music School). Mrs. Norris holds both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in music education from the University of Georgia. While a student at UGA, Mrs. Norris was selected to perform for world-famous violinist, Pinchas Zukerman, and she played regularly with the UGA Symphony Orchestra, including a two-week concert tour through Italy in the summer of 1997. Prior to college, she studied at Miss Porter's School for Girls in Farmington, CT, Athens Academy, and Athens Christian School.

Mrs. Norris plays violin and viola and performs throughout Northeast Georgia with Athena Quartet. She also enjoys knitting for charity. Jennifer and her husband, Eric, have have a small farm in Bishop, GA, where they tend to their vegetable garden, 21 chickens, 5 goats, 2 donkeys, 2 dogs, 1 cat, and 2 teenage children.

Student Assistants
Josh Aderhold, Olivia Durrence, Chloe James

Contact us:
UGA String Project
ugasp@uga.edu
706-542-2894
Hugh Hodgson School of Music
250 River Road
Athens, GA 30602 - 7287