12/06/2025
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Patrick LeStrange, violist, will be joining our Dewberry School of Music, effective August 2025. Please join us in welcoming this exceptional musician to our Dewberry School of Music adjunct applied faculty in viola.
Dr. Patrick LeStrange, Adjunct Applied Faculty in Viola at the Dewberry School of Music at George Mason University, earned the Doctor of Music Interpretation and Master of Music from l’Université de Montréal, as well as a Bachelor of Music from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University. His primary teachers included Roberta Crawford, Victoria Chiang, Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, as well as string pedagogy studies with Rebecca Henry.
An advocate of the viola and string pedagogy, he is in high demand as a masterclass and strings clinician. Dr. LeStrange serves as strings department chair at Levine Music, Washington DC, where he oversees a thriving music program consisting of private lessons and group offerings. Many of his viola students have gone on to study at prestigious conservatories and universities throughout the country. Dr. Patrick LeStrange was formerly a viola teaching artist at Ithaca College Summer Music Academy, the NY ASTA String Institute- Ithaca College, and guest professor of viola at Binghamton University. At George Mason University, he directed the Summer Viola Bootcamp and has served as a viola teaching artist for many summer programs, including Ovations, Strings Camp, and the Strings Intensive.
Dr. LeStrange is a member of the Georgetown Chamber Players Orchestra, and former violist with the Binghamton Philharmonic. He frequently appears in chamber music concerts throughout the Washington DC area and has performed throughout the United States and Canada. He resides in the Northern Virginia area.
