Performer Biography

Tess Krope

Tess Krope is a senior at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studies viola performance with former principal violist of The Cleveland Orchestra, Robert Vernon and current assistant principal, Stanley Konopka. She was formerly a scholarship recipient and member of the Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy program since 2010, where she studied with assistant principal violist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Li-Kuo Chang.

Through the intensive pre-college Academy program, Tess has had masterclasses with Pinchas Zuckerman and Helen Callus. Over the summer, Tess has attended music festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival (2015), the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival (2014, 2015, 2016), the Heifetz Institute (2017, 2018), and the Institute’s Ashkenasi/Kirshbaum Chamber Music Intensive (2019).