Audrey L. White, was for 7 years the Director of The Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras' inner-city outreach program, The Intensive Community Program (ICP) and was also with the Preparatory String Orchestra, where she served as the Conductor for as many seasons. Ms. White began her study of the violin at the age of four and went on to be accepted as one of the first participants of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Project S.T.E.P. She is also a graduate of the GBYSO program as well as the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied viola with Marcus Thompson and received her Bachelor's in Viola Performance. Ms. White holds a silver medal from the NAACP's NEC-ACTSO competition and was awarded the position of Graduate Fellow at the University of Massachusetts Lowell for three years in a row. It was from the University of Massachusetts Lowell that she earned her double master's degrees in viola performance and conducting. She has studied conducting with Kay George Roberts and has studied and performed in Japan with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki. Currently Ms. White is a member of the National Center for Afro-American Arts String Ensemble and she freelances on both violin and viola throughout the New England area. She is also a member of the string faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music's School for Preparatory and Continuing Education.