Ariel Horowitz is a violinist, composer, and activist who enjoys pairing masterworks of the classical canon in dialogue with her political and interdisciplinary compositions. A student of Ani Kavafian at the Yale School of Music, Ariel previously studied with Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho. As founding director of The Heartbeat Project music education initiative on the Navajo Reservation, Ariel received From the Top Alumni Leadership Grants (2017-18) and the 2017 McGraw Hill-Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach. Ariel was prizewinner of the Stulberg, Klein and Grumiaux, Juilliard, and Yale concerto and chamber music competitions. Born in the Washington, DC area, Ariel began her violin studies at the Levine School of Music. | http://arielhorowitz.com/" target="_blank">arielhorowitz.com