Adie Muller
Professional Violist
Instructor of Viola and Violin
Adie Muller (pronounced "Ey-dee Mew-ler") is a professional violist who currently teaches violin and viola lessons in Gricignano di Aversa, Italy (NSA Support Site).
Mrs. Muller is passionate about providing a well-rounded musical education to her students including fundamental playing technique, music theory, improvisation, and performance health.
In Virginia, where she lived from 2022-2024, Mrs. Muller served as a music instructor for the D.C. Youth Orchestra Program, the Youth Orchestras of Prince William, Prince William Music Academy, as a guest clinician for Colgan Performing Arts High School, and worked with dozens of individual students in her music studio over her 3 years in that area. She also served as a performer in the Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra, Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.
Her career flourished originally in her home-town of Tucson, Arizona, where she served as an instructor at Tucson Jr. Strings, Allegro School of Music & Dance, Tucson Youth Music Center, as a volunteer at Tucson Summer Music, as well as the proud private-lessons studio teacher of her many violin and viola students.
She has performed with ensembles including the Arizona Symphony Orchestra, and as a viola soloist and chamber musician all over the United States and in several countries spanning North America and Europe; including participation in numerous music festivals, workshops, and masterclasses.
Mrs. Muller's primary teachers include Hong-Mei Xiao and Dennis Bourret; she has additionally worked with other prominent viola soloists and faculty at institutions including Juilliard, Curtis, Eastman, Oberlin, UNT, Manhattan School of Music, among others.
As an advocate of contemporary classical music, Adie has provided the premier performance of a number of original works for viola and ensemble, and has had works of her own composition performed by professional ensembles including the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. A number of her original compositions can be found in her original three-volume music curriculum books, “AdieTrinity,” and among her composition portfolio.