Jennifer Creadick – USA

Jennifer started her training at the Chimneys Violin Making School in the 80's, before running her own full-service violin shop in North Carolina for 30 years. In 2017, Jennifer took a few years to travel the world to develop a deeper understanding of the violin industry, visiting museums, auctions, trade shows, factories, and symposiums; meeting countless women in lutherie on her way, which became the seeds of Women In Lutherie. She is now committed to making again full-time with her new company Lutherie Lab, and using her business skills to lift up women at the bench. Jennifer now lives in Minneapolis with her husband and her dog Audrey, cat Maggie, and turtle Luther.

Hear from Jennifer on Friday, in our Opening Session, on Saturday, in International Women In Lutherie Fellowship's Inaugural Year Journey, and on Sunday, in our Closing Session!

Jeemin Morgan Kim – Korea / USA

Born and raised in Korea, Jeemin started her journey in lutherie in 2005 and focused her career in conservative violin restoration and sound adjustment, traveling the world to work with clients. In 2020, Jeemin accepted a job offer of becoming a Head of Workshop, a position rarely held by women. Realizing the lack of female leadership support & presence in the workshops, Jeemin co-founded Women in Lutherie community with Jennifer in 2021 as a catalyst for necessary change in the field of lutherie. Jeemin is an experienced equity worker with focus on survivor support & decolonization work, and enjoys Afro-Latin music/dance & Japanese Iaijutsu in her free time.

Hear from Jeemin on Friday, in our Opening Session, and on Sunday, in our Closing Session!

Iris-Eirini Zhulla – Greece

Greek violinmaker Iris-Eirini was born in a family of violinists. After graduating from Cremona Stradivari School of Violin Making in 2012, she had various work experiences on violin and bow restoration in Cremona and Milan. Iris-Eirini is now working with her family violin shop Zhulla Violins in Thessaloniki, Greece, with great assistance from workshop dog Bruno and the newest member of their team, 1 year old baby George.

Hear from Iris-Eirini on Friday, in Care & Maintenance of Violin Family Instruments for Musicians, Teachers, and Students

Jayme Kurland – USA

Jayme is the founder of Instrumental Women, a Digital History Project which centers the work of women in the musical instrument industry. As a PhD student in History at George Mason University, she studies the various roles women have played in the histories of musical instrument manufacturing. Jayme has spent the last decade working as a music historian in museums and libraries, including positions at Georgetown University Library, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Musical Instrument Museum. Jayme plays viola in the Manassas Symphony, and gives historical tours at Paradise Springs Winery.

Hear from Jayme on Friday, in Erasure of Women's Labor in the History of Musical Instruments & Lutherie

Tham Wai Yong – Singapore

Wai Yong was called out of psychiatry serendipitously into lutherie 6 years ago. Unable to resist the endless fascination and acoustical complexities of lutherie, she set up a home workshop. She started her business Wai Violins in 2017 with the aim of serving the local needs of musicians, students and teachers. Her main interest is in new-making. She hopes to make many violins, violas and cellos moving forward with the simple aim of making instruments that allow musicians to express themselves fully and easily. Wai Yong lives in Singapore with her husband, 3 kids and her rescue dog that thinks it's a cat.

Hear from Wai Yong on Friday, in Mental Health Issues In Male Dominated Fields, and on Sunday, in our panel, Pregnancy, Motherhood & Women In Lutherie

Katherine Kidwell – USA

Having studied sculpture and viola performance from an early age, it quickly became apparent Katherine is a natural at the bench when she started working part time at a local violin shop while attending college in 2015. Now a full-time violin repairer & restorer, Katherine is excited to start making her very first violin and viola on her own, delving deeper into violin restoration techniques, and connecting with other female luthiers to keep growing together in the field of lutherie.

Hear from Katherine on Friday, in our panel, Financial Freedom & Women In Lutherie

MJ Kwan – USA

Mary Jane Kwan grew up in Austin, Texas, playing the cello in a quintet of musical sisters. Her interest in lutherie started in architecture school, where she built a mandolin and bass guitar. Unsatisfied with designing buildings by mouse clicks, MJ enrolled at the Chicago School of Violin Making. She has illustrated many ridiculous violin making comics and authored one serious research article in the Strad Magazine. MJ is active with the Oberlin Acoustics Workshop, and currently works in Brooklyn focusing on new making with her female cat named Lord Vader,.

Hear from MJ on Friday, in our panel, Financial Freedom & Women In Lutherie

Laura Barceló – Chile / USA

Laura is a co-owner of a full-service violin shop in Indianapolis. A professional violinist for many years, Laura started her “second act” by earning her Masters of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship from Indiana University. Since then, she has held positions in various arts organizations, including being the former Executive Director of the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra. Currently, she is in charge of the finances and Human Resources for an advertising agency in Indianapolis. Laura is an avid knitter and traveler.

Hear from Laura on Friday, in our panel, Financial Freedom & Women In Lutherie, and on Sunday, in HR - Creating Mutually Beneficial Employee-Employer Relationships

Orla Strijker – Netherlands

Orla discovered that she could be a guitar builder when she was 13. She built her first electric guitar when she was only 14, and started working at a large guitar store workshop, doing set-ups and repairs. When she turned 16, Orla traveled to Canada to stay for several months for an apprenticeship with a guitar maker. At 17 she decided to quit school and worked full-time at the guitar store. Orla went back to Canada to build more guitars and at the age of 20, she decided to return home to start her own shop, specialising in new build. Despite the demands of her own business, she still works part-time at the guitar store.

Hear from Orla on Friday, in our panel, Financial Freedom & Women In Lutherie

Ruth Miyamoto – USA

Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Ruth studied cello performance at University of Massachusetts, and received her Violin Repair Diploma from Minnesota State College Southeast at Red Wing.  Ruth gained professional experience as a luthier in Connecticut and New York City, and have recently relocated back to Honolulu to take care of her grandmother full-time.  Ruth is an avid runner, and a competitive pool player.

Hear from Ruth on Friday, in our panel, Financial Freedom & Women In Lutherie

Stacey Styles – USA

Stacey opened her own shop focused exclusively on the repair and restoration of violin family instruments in 1995. Stacey has studied advanced restoration techniques in the UK and the US. In 2008, Stacey joined the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers, her membership first ever to be considered solely on the basis of restoration skills. Stacey also teaches and contributes to various publications on restoration topics.

She enjoys being a grandma and playing in a community guitar orchestra.

Hear from Stacey on Friday, in The Restorer’s Mind - Introduction to Ethical Practices in Repair & Restoration

Lynn Hannings – USA

Lynn started learning rehairs while she was still in High School, and began training in bow making & restoration in New York, while attending New England Conservatory as a bassist. Lynn then spent a year studying bow making in Paris on a Fulbright Scholarship. A long time member of Portland Symphony Orchestra, Lynn runs her own bow shop, and has been teaching bow making, rehair & repairs at the University of New Hampshire for 35 years.

Lynn is a doting grandma, and enjoys gardening & nature walks with her Mini Irish Wolf Hound, Cody.

Hear from Lynn on Friday, in Bow Finishing

Flor Centurión – Argentina

Trained at the Luthería School of Tucumán and Cafayate, Flor is known for her marquetry, inlay, and lacquer work on her guitars. Founder of Mujeres y Disidencias Luthiers de Habla Hispana and later Red Lutherística, a Spanish-speaking community lifting up women and gender minorities in lutherie, Flor also teaches Formación para el Trabajo class at the National University of the Arts; equipping students with practical knowledge of career in lutherie, from running a business, health & safety, to customer service.

Flor runs her own workshop in Buenos Aires, while raising her 6 year old son Matheo.

Hear from Flor on Friday, in Workshop Safety en Español and Equity Work In Spanish Speaking Communities

Daniela Gaidano – Italy

Daniela has been a professional violinist and violist for 25 years, and a gut string maker for 15 years.

Daniela is a published author of two books, one of them Tables On The Evolution Of Strings In The Violin Family which is also available in Japanese. She has given lectures on the subject all over Europe and Japan. Daniela also ran a ukulele brand for 10 years, while organizing numerous festivals and educational events.
In 2016 Daniela began making instruments, and her passion for research led her to make Violoncellos Da Spalla.

Daniela is an active Karate & self-defense instructor, and a cartoonist.

Hear from Daniela on Friday, in Development of Gut Strings between 1848 and 1951

Red Luterística – Online Community

The Lutherística Network is a community created by Spanish-speaking women & gender expansive folks in the field of lutherie, to promote and elevate their work in the field.

We believe that a work and training space where respect and equity prevail are possible, and works towards improving current conditions of our working environments, strengthening ties between the members, and promoting actions to progress the future of the trade.

Hear from Red Lutherística on Friday, in Equity Work In Spanish Speaking Communities

Liliana Holguín – Mexico

Liliana trained as an Industrial Designer and worked at a furniture factory before deciding to pursue lutherie at National Institute of Fine Arts, where she is finishing her last year. Named the “Best Novice Violin Maker” by Southern Violinmakers Association for her award-winning viola, Liliana loves combining her industrial design & lutherie skills to create patterns, diagrams, and 3D models to help more people get access to violin making information, and hopes to learn cello & bow making next.

Hear from Liliana on Friday, in Equity Work In Spanish Speaking Communities

María José Pelaez Aguirre – Mexico

María José began the journey as a luthier in 2012 working with various makers including classical guitars, traditional string instruments of Veracruz, the violin family instruments, and worked at an electric guitar repair shop in Xalapa. After completing a classical guitar program at the School of Lutherie at the National University of Tucumán in Argentina, she opened her own workshop. María José now lives in Xalapa working from Taller de Lauderia la Sirena workshop and specializes in classical guitar and Latin American strings repair and construction, and enjoys knitting, playing her jarana, and dancing.

Hear from María José on Friday, in Equity Work In Spanish Speaking Communities

Ibiza Avalos – Mexico

Ibiza started her journey in lutherie in 2001 working with a bowmaker/violinmaker in Xalapa, Veracruz. She first made traditional instruments from this region and Guitars, and started making violins in 2003, which led Ibiza to enroll at the National Institute of Arts the Career of Lutherie. Ibiza relocated to Morelia, Michoacán in 2009, and is continuously honing her craft, taking classes at the Academia Cremonensis in Cremona, Italy. Ibiza is a passionate reader, language enthusiast, and a life-long yoga practitioner.

Hear from Ibiza on Friday, in Equity Work In Spanish Speaking Communities

Jennifer Creadick – USA

Jennifer started her training at the Chimneys Violin Making School in the 80's, before running her own full-service violin shop in North Carolina for 30 years. In 2017, Jennifer took a few years to travel the world to develop a deeper understanding of the violin industry, visiting museums, auctions, trade shows, factories, and symposiums; meeting countless women in lutherie on her way, which became the seeds of Women In Lutherie. She is now committed to making again full-time with her new company Lutherie Lab, and using her business skills to lift up women at the bench. Jennifer now lives in Minneapolis with her husband and her dog Audrey, cat Maggie, and turtle Luther.

Hear from Jennifer on Friday, in our Opening Session, on Saturday, in International Women In Lutherie Fellowship's Inaugural Year Journey, and on Sunday, in our Closing Session!

Cat Autrey – USA

Cat is a graduate of the Violin Repair Program at Minnesota State College at Red Wing. Cat has been working at a full service shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma doing repairs, set ups, and restorations for 5 years. She continues her education as much as possible by attending workshops and volunteering at VSA conventions.
Cat runs a TikTok account that has garnered widespread attention in the luthier community for its relatability.

Hear from Cat on Saturday, in our International Women In Lutherie Awards

Iris Carr – Germany / UK

Violin Restorer and Teacher.

For detailed bio visit her website at Iris Carr Restorations.

Hear from Iris on Saturday, in Violin Restoration - Getting Texture Right

Tamar Katz – Israel / USA

Tamar is a former Olympic figure skater who understands the impact that repetitive motion can have on the body. As a professional athlete, she is no stranger to physical pain and wants to bring the same type of discipline and knowledge to other physical professions so that they can have long and healthy careers. Tamar founded Woodworker Rehab, a first digital platform for woodworkers’ physical education and injury prevention, to work with trade schools, companies, and individuals to raise awareness for the importance of physical health in woodworking and lutherie and maintain career longevity in physical professions.

Hear from Tamar on Saturday, in Ergonomics & Injury Prevention for Woodworkers

Silke Lichtenberg – Germany

Silke did her training as a violin maker at the Violinmaking School in Mittenwald and worked afterwards in workshops in Austria, Germany, Spain and India. Currently Silke is doing her PhD in Geography at the Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics, TH-Köln and the University of Passau in Germany. Silke’s research focuses on cultural-ecological systems with a focus on the interconnection of forest ecosystems and endangered tree species whose wood is used for musical instrument making and a potential sustainable management of tropical ecosystems. She is a member of and involved with the Eben!Holz association, which works to protect endangered wood species in musical instrument making.

Hear from Silke on Saturday, in Global Ecosystems and Materials used for Musical Instruments & Lutherie and Open Discussion: Pathways to Sustainability

Janine Wildhage – Germany

Janine was born in Hannover and learned accordion and violin as a child. Janine trained as a violin-maker in Cremona, Italy, and Berlin. After dedicating herself primarily to the building of new instruments, Janine became interested in violin restoration, and moved to New York, and to Paris to work as a restorer, before returning to Germany to open her own workshop in Berlin.

Hear from Janine on Saturday, in Writing Declarations Of Materials & organizing CITES Certificates for musicians and Open Discussion: Pathways to Sustainability

Yasmeen Husain – Egypt / UK

An actuary by day, an amateur luthier by night (and weekends), Yasmeen fell in love with Lutherie a little over a year ago when she was forced to learn to repair her own guitar at home during the Pandemic lockdown. She found unexpected bliss in the combination of woodwork and the science of sound: which is the closest she’d been to her childhood dream of being an inventor. Yasmeen recently finished her first build (a tenor ukulele) and just started on her second instrument, a steel sting acoustic guitar. Follow Yasmeen’s journey on her Instagram account.

Hear from Yasmeen on Saturday, in Lockdown Luthier: A Self-learning Plan

Julia Felix – USA

Julia grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she was greatly influenced by the local culture of fine arts and music. In 2008 Julia earned a degree in Studio Art from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and joined North Bennet Street School’s Violin Making and Repair program at a friend’s encouragement. After graduating, Julia operated a violin and piano repair shop near Olympia, Washington, before returning to Santa Fe to be closer to friends and family. She now focuses primarily on instrument making out of her home workshop and lives with her 3 year old son, her husband, and their Pomeranian Ted.

Hear from Julia on Saturday, in Tool Kit for the Smaller Bodies

Eva Broadway – USA

Eva began her career in lutherie with an apprenticeship in Ithaca, New York. She worked there for 3 years while simultaneously attending the violin restoration courses at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Eva went on to attend the Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City, where she earned a certificate in 2013, all the while further nurturing her love of restoration. Eva currently resides and works outside of Boston, Massachusetts doing repair and restoration of violins, violas, and cellos.

Hear from Eva on Saturday, in Tool Kit for the Smaller Bodies

Ute Zahn – Germany / USA

LSF-USA co-founder Ute grew up in a musical family in Düsseldorf, Germany. After graduating Newark School of Violin Making, Ute’s work as a violin maker/restorer and freelance cellist has taken her to England, Hong Kong, Canada and the US. Ute has taught at the Violin Repair Program in Red Wing, Minnesota, organizes monthly meetings of Minnesota luthiers, as well as co-hosting an exhibition of contemporary Minnesota violin and bow makers’ work. When not in the studio making and restoring instruments, Ute can be found upside down on her yoga mat, digging in her garden, or lugging her cello all over Minnesota to perform.

Hear from Ute on Saturday, in Women-led Missions at Luthiers Sans Frontières USA

Anna Huthmaker – USA

Anna is the owner of Huthmaker Violins, in Atlanta, Georgia, a family business that began 38 years ago. In the shop, Anna is fondly known as "The Bow Queen" and is in charge of all bow restoration. Anna discovered Luthiers sans Frontieres in 2010 when she traveled to Ecuador and Haiti to teach bow repair. The combination of travel and service is Anna's idea of the perfect vacation and several years later, she co-founded LSF-USA with Ute. Anna has performance degrees in both cello and double bass and loves climbing the mountains with her other organization, Trail Dames.

Hear from Anna on Saturday, in Women-led Missions at Luthiers Sans Frontières USA

Natasha Sealey-Worrell – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

In 2015, as a performing arts student at the University of Trinidad and Tobago, Natasha was given the opportunity to participate in a workshop conducted by Luthiers Sans Frontieres USA (LSF-USA). Under the guide of Anna Huthmaker, she learned the art of bow restoration and re-hairing. Natasha developed a love for this craft and decided to pursue an internship at Anna's violin shop in Georgia. Natasha has since then established her own workshop (N.S.W. Bow Restorations and Re-hairs) and is the only person in the country with formal training in this area of Lutherie.

Hear from Natasha on Saturday, in Women-led Missions at Luthiers Sans Frontières USA

Korinthia Klein – USA

Born in Detroit, Korinthia has a BA degree in music with distinction in music cognition from the Ohio State University, and graduated from The New World School of Violin Making in 2000. After several years of learning repair and bow work in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she established Korinthian Violins in 2008. Korinthia runs the business with her husband (a recently retired soldier), and they have three children and a noisy bird. Korinthia also writes novels, and is the author of "My Violin Needs Help! A Repair Diagnostics Guide for Players and Teachers.”

Hear from Korinthia on Sunday, in Creating Mom/Kids-friendly Workshops

Laura Wallace – Canada

The daughter of a woodworker, Laura grew up watching the transformation of the tree by hand and tool. After a short detour earning a biology degree, Laura decided to pursue her dream and began apprenticing with a violin maker & restorer. Laura now works as an in-house luthier for summer music camps, and runs her own workshop on the Sunshine Coast of BC, where she is also raising 3 kids. Laura is passionate about working with other moms navigating motherhood and their career as a luthier.

Hear from Laura on Sunday, in Creating Mom/Kids-friendly Workshops, and in our panel, Pregnancy, Motherhood & Women In Lutherie

Robyn Sullivan – USA

Robyn specializes in repair and restoration of violin family instruments.  Robyn is a graduate of the Chicago School of Violin Making and she remains actively involved with the school as the Secretary of the Executive Board. 

Robyn is also a Violist, a wife, a mother of two awesome kids, and a fan of sci-fi and fantasy books and shows.

Check out what Robyn is working on her Instagram account.

Hear from Robyn on Sunday, in our panel, Pregnancy, Motherhood & Women In Lutherie

Amanda Ewing – USA

Amanda is a traveling, dancing, life-loving soul mama: Committed to breaking down barriers, trailblazing, inspiring, and raising black voices & presence in the field of lutherie and classical music. Amanda started her apprenticeship with a local luthier 3 years ago, and is immensely enjoying soaking everything up, meeting people, and finding her space. She particularly dreams of making more cello and basses, and is currently making her first commissioned bass. See Amanda’s efforts to create safer space for creators and luthiers on her Instagram account.

Hear from Amanda on Sunday, in our panel, Pregnancy, Motherhood & Women In Lutherie

Tham Wai Yong – Singapore

Wai Yong was called out of psychiatry serendipitously into lutherie 6 years ago. Unable to resist the endless fascination and acoustical complexities of lutherie, she set up a home workshop. She started her business Wai Violins in 2017 with the aim of serving the local needs of musicians, students and teachers. Her main interest is in new-making. She hopes to make many violins, violas and cellos moving forward with the simple aim of making instruments that allow musicians to express themselves fully and easily. Wai Yong lives in Singapore with her husband, 3 kids and her rescue dog that thinks it's a cat.

Hear from Wai Yong on Friday, in Mental Health Issues In Male Dominated Fields, and on Sunday, in our panel, Pregnancy, Motherhood & Women In Lutherie

Ruth Obermeyer – Germany / Spain

Born in Munich into a family of musicians, Ruth knew she wanted to be a violin maker when she was just 13. She started training in Munich, eventually graduating from the Mittenwald School of Violin Making. Ruth opened her own workshop in Granada in 2005 and continued learning and researching on the acoustics of making a violin, participating in the Villefavard research group headed by the Sorbonne scientist Claudia Fritz. Ruth is a proud mother of three, and enjoys singing in the local choirs in her spare time.

Hear from Ruth on Sunday, in Workshop Safety in English

Rozie DeLoach – USA

Rozie holds a degree in radio/film/television. In 2003 she started a violin rental program out of her house, learning instrument repair along the way. In the subsequent 18 years, Rozie developed a passion for restoration work. Her shop, Caraway Strings has grown to a full service, brick & mortar retail space, and her team of 5 offers fine instrument sales, restoration work, and still maintains rentals for beginner students with pride.

Rozie is a creater and host of the OMO Podcast: The Romance and Reality of Violinmaking, now in its third season.

Hear from Rozie on Sunday, in our panel, Future Is Female - Creating Women-centered, Community-centered Business Practices

Daisy Tempest – UK

Daisy always knew music would be a part of her future.

At 16, Daisy’s brother began teaching her guitar, and when he died soon after, the instrument became her place of solace and expression. After realising her intention to merge her love of music and making things, Daisy trained with Rosie Heydenrych to become a luthier. Daisy now lives and works in London, and has just launched her own business, Tempest Guitars. She hopes to contribute to making the guitar industry a safe place for women to be a part of as well as restoring the instrument to a vogue she feels it has lost through lack of diversity in the industry.

Hear from Daisy on Sunday, in our panel, Future Is Female - Creating Women-centered, Community-centered Business Practices

Elizabeth Vander Veer Shaak – USA

Elizabeth trained as a bowmaker in New York, Paris, and Brussels. After gaining professional experience in other shops, Elizabeth went on to establish her own Bow Studio of Philadelphia in 1985. In 2003 she established Mount Airy Violins & Bows in honor of the shop’s present neighborhood, and has been committed to creating an actively community-centered violin shop. Elizabeth has also been continuing her craft attending the Oberlin Bowmakers Workshop for over 19 years. Elizabeth plays traditional French, Swedish and old-time fiddle.

Hear from Elizabeth on Sunday, in our panel, Future Is Female - Creating Women-centered, Community-centered Business Practices

Rosie Heydenrych – UK

From early age, Rosie developed a strong love affair with music. From meticulously organising her cassette collection —subsequently progressing to CDs, MiniDiscs, then MP3s — to visiting London especially to buy the latest Rolling Stone Magazine, music has always been a dominant force in her life. Studying Marketing at Liverpool University, Rosie started a band and became involved with the student radio music show. After university, she worked in the charity sector for nearly 10 years. Rosie began studying guitar making in 2010 whist working full-time at the charity St John Ambulance and then part-time with a housing charity whilst building her own shop Turnstone Guitar Company, until she went full-time in 2017.

Hear from Rosie on Sunday, in Utilising Locally Sourced Wood in Instrument Building

Claudia Fritz – France

Claudia Fritz is a CNRS-researcher, in the Lutherie-Acoustics-Music team of the Institut Jean Le Rond d’Alembert at Sorbonne University in Paris. In close collaboration with instrument makers and players, her research aims at investigating the correlations between player/listener perceptions, measured acoustical properties on musical instruments and their construction parameters. Her work with double-blind studies involving new and old violins has gained widespread international attention. Claudia is an enthusiastic amateur flute player, and lives in Paris with her partner and their three lively young kids.

Hear from Claudia on Sunday, in Acoustics for String Instrument Makers

Laura Barceló – Chile / USA

Laura is a co-owner of Indianapolis Violins, a full-service violin shop in Indianapolis. A professional violinist for many years, Laura started her “second act” by earning her Masters of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship from Indiana University. Since then, she has held positions in various arts organizations, including being the former Executive Director of the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra. Currently, she is in charge of the finances and Human Resources for an advertising agency in Indianapolis. Laura is an avid knitter and traveler.

Hear from Laura on Friday, in our panel, Financial Freedom & Women In Lutherie, and on Sunday, in HR - Creating Mutually Beneficial Employee-Employer Relationships

Gabriela Guadalajara – Mexico / USA

Born and raised in Mexico City, Gabriela has had many interests in her life but discovered violin making while studying cello. After starting architecture school at the national university and continuing playing the cello on and off, she transferred to the Escuela de Lauderia in Queretaro, Mexico. After graduatin, she moved to New York in 1995 to delve deeper into repair, restoration, and baroque instruments. Gabriela opened her own shop in NYC in 2008, applying all this knowledge to new making building violins, violas and cellos in Baroque style as well as violas da gamba. Gabriela lives in Harlem with her husband and enjoys painting with watercolors, being with friends, concerts and walking in nature when possible.

Hear from Gabriela on Sunday, in Viola da Gamba Overview, Basic Maintenance, and Set-up

Jennifer Creadick – USA

Jennifer started her training at the Chimneys Violin Making School in the 80's, before running her own full-service violin shop in North Carolina for 30 years. In 2017, Jennifer took a few years to travel the world to develop a deeper understanding of the violin industry, visiting museums, auctions, trade shows, factories, and symposiums; meeting countless women in lutherie on her way, which became the seeds of Women In Lutherie. She is now committed to making again full-time with her new company Lutherie Lab, and using her business skills to lift up women at the bench. Jennifer now lives in Minneapolis with her husband and her dog Audrey, cat Maggie, and turtle Luther.

Hear from Jennifer on Friday, in our Opening Session, on Saturday, in International Women In Lutherie Fellowship's Inaugural Year Journey, and on Sunday, in our Closing Session!

Jeemin Morgan Kim – Korea / USA

Born and raised in Korea, Jeemin started her journey in lutherie in 2005 and focused her career in conservative violin restoration and sound adjustment, traveling the world to work with clients. In 2020, Jeemin accepted a job offer of becoming a Head of Workshop, a position rarely held by women. Realizing the lack of female leadership support & presence in the workshops, Jeemin co-founded Women in Lutherie community with Jennifer in 2021 as a catalyst for necessary change in the field of lutherie. Jeemin is an experienced equity worker with focus on survivor support & decolonization work, and enjoys Afro-Latin music/dance & Japanese Iaijutsu in her free time.

Hear from Jeemin on Friday, in our Opening Session, and on Sunday, in our Closing Session!