Lucy Duke, violin

Lucy Duke is an avid violinist who plays with the Omaha Symphony Orchestra and the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra. She has also performed with the Lincoln Symphony, the Des Moines Metro Opera, the Sioux City Symphony, and is a former member of the Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Iowa.

Outside of orchestral work, Duke enjoys teaching and music outreach. She loves teaching, mentoring students through the Good Vibrations scholarship program, and being part of the Omaha Symphony Outreach Quartet.

In addition to teaching and performing, Duke loves to play and compose new music. She has worked with ensembles in diverse genres such as jazz, Irish punk-rock, alternative, bluegrass, theatre and film music. One of her favorite projects was creating and recording a brand-new score to the re-released 1915 silent film “The Captive” by Cecil B. Demille.

Duke earned both Masters and Bachelors degrees in Violin Performance at Northwestern University, studying with violinist Gerardo Ribeiro. Prior to attending Northwestern, she studied with Jan Sloman at Southern Methodist University. Amongst other honors, she was awarded the Anna Schaeffler Lockwood Award for Excellence in String Music, membership in Pi Kappa Lambda—premiere National Music Honor Society, Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement (Northwestern), as well as the Presidential Scholarship (SMU).

When Duke isn’t practicing or performing, she enjoys hanging out with her dog, Chunk, and watching British Murder Mysteries.