The Music Director and Founder: Robert Sorel
Robert Sorel founded The Elegy String Orchestra in March of 2009. Robert felt there was a need in the community for an ensemble that is strictly for string players and responded.  In addition to the founding and conducting the string orchestra Mr. Sorel is a freelance violinist, violist, educator and conductor in the DC area. He has performed and conducted throughout the United States. Robert studied at the Boston and Shenandoah Conservatories of Music and studied chamber music at the Blossom Chamber Music Festival, Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. He has extensive experience as an orchestral performer, recitalist and chamber music performer having performing in various String Quartets and Trios Ensembles through out the East Coast region. Robert is a former faculty member of The Trinity College of Washington, DC, and the DC Youth Orchestra. He has also served as a faculty member of the Levine School of Music in Washington, DC where he taught violin and viola, coached chamber music and was the Music Director of the Levine String Ensembles. He was a String Specialist in the Fairfax County School System; has also served as a faculty member for the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music's Community Arts Program and the conservatory's summer music camp and string faculty at the Trinity College of Washington, DC.