Violin
Robyn Bauer
Concertmaster • Fredericksburg Symphony Orchestra
A guiding voice of the FSO violin section, Robyn leads the orchestra with a warmth and precision shaped by decades of chamber and symphonic performance across the mid-Atlantic.
Full Biography
Robyn Bauer serves as Concertmaster of the Fredericksburg Symphony Orchestra, bringing a lifelong devotion to the violin and a deep history of regional performance and music education to the ensemble's artistic leadership. A native of King George, Virginia, she began studying violin at age six and went on to earn a Bachelor of Music degree from James Madison University. Her multifaceted career has included teaching private violin lessons, leading elementary music instruction, and working at a local radio station, while she has performed extensively across the region with the UMW Philharmonic (serving as concertmaster for five years), the Rappahannock Pops Orchestra, St. Paul's Masterworks Chorus, the Fredericksburg Community Chorus, the Stafford Regional Choral Society, and the Fredericksburg Chamber Chorale.
Beyond her work with the FSO, Robyn performs regularly as a freelance musician throughout the Fredericksburg area, explores tango and gypsy jazz with the ensemble Whiskey Django Foxtrot, and rocks out on electric violin, rhythm guitar, and vocals with NoVa-based band Juniper Lights. She is also the music director at Art Time 4 Kids in downtown Fredericksburg, where she teaches, trains teachers, and composes curriculum for her original music and movement program for young children. She lives in Spotsylvania with her husband and three children.