Ondine Young directs choirs and string courses of all ages at Crowden, St. David of Wales, Kairos, and other Bay Area institutions. Dr. Young also teaches recorder, tin-whistle, piano, and other music/movement classes at Tehiyah, JCC East Bay, Mira Vista (WCCUSD), and Carmel's "Bach to the Future" summer camp as part of the Bach Festival. She maintains a private teaching studio (Arlington Arts), and has taught music at many public and private institutions including Oxford (BUSD), San Francisco Boy's Chorus, Waldorf, Le Lycee La Perouse, and GISSV. Ondine completed a doctorate in musical arts in choral and early music at the University of Southern California, studied at UC Santa Cruz and UC Santa Barbara, and was formerly on the faculty of the University of San Diego. Ondine assists her husband William Skeen with the Tri-Valley Youth Orchestra and also assists Kati Kyme with the California Youth Symphony, and is a board member of Dandelion Dance Theater. She performs throughout Northern and Southern California as a violinist and violist with early music ensembles such as the American Bach Soloists, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, California Bach Society, Corona del Mar Baroque Festival, Jubilate, Musica Angelica, Magnificat, San Francisco Bach Choir, Sacramento Baroque Soloists, San Diego Bach Collegium, Voices of Music, Pacific Collegium, Albany Consort, Momsemble, El Mundo, and is founding member of La Monica (www.lamonicaensemble.com). Ondine and William live near Wildcat Canyon with their children Talia and Liam.