Violist Caroline Coade is passionate about her teaching and helping her students achieve success and excellence both off and on the concert stage. In Fall 2023, Coade received a promotion to Associate Professor of Viola at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance (SMTD) in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her prize-winning students include 2019 and 2022 Sphinx Competition Sr. Division prize winners, a 2019 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition semi-finalist, the top prizewinner of the Society of Musical Arts 2019 Young Artist Competition, and a finalist of the 2018 Anton Rubinstein International Viola Competition. In recent auditions, Professor Coade’s students have won positions in the Diversity Fellowship for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (2020-2022 seasons), the African-American Fellowship with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) viola section (2023-2025 seasons), and 5 additional students won positions on the DSO viola sub list…