Rate My Professor Eliza Jeffords

Eliza Jeffords is Associate Professor, holder of the Anita Windecker Endowed Chair, and Director of Strings in the School of Music at Texas Lutheran University, a position she has held since August 2010. In this multifaceted role, she teaches applied violin and viola lessons, violin and viola laboratory, chamber orchestra and chamber music, musical style and literature, string methods, music appreciation, and freshman experience courses. She coordinates all string recruitment, advises students individually and groups such as Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society and Service Through Music, oversees capstone and senior recital program notes, assists in recruiting and managing adjunct string faculty, and advises the TLU/Mid-Texas Symphony Community Music Academy. Jeffords earned her Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance from Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music in 2003, Master of Music in Viola Performance with a cognate in Violin Pedagogy from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in 2006, and Doctor of Musical Arts in Viola Performance with a cognate in Arts Administration from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 2010. Her doctoral document, "Marcel Tabuteau and His Art of Phrasing: Applied to Suite No. 6 for Cello (Transcribed for Viola) in G Major, By J.S. Bach," explores interpretive techniques in performance.