EDUCATION:
The Juilliard School-Bachelor and Masters Degrees
in Musical Performance Violin/Viola
State of Utah Teaching License Level II
Linda G. Ghidossi-DeLuca, born and raised in San Francisco, California, graduated from the Juilliard School with a Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Violin/Viola Musical Performance. Linda has performed with many famous musical personalities including John Williams, John Debney, the band Journey, Yo-Yo Ma, Danny Eflman, and she toured with the Dixie Chicks in 2003 during their “Top of the World” tour across the United States and Canada. Currently Linda is the String Orchestra Director and Beginning Band Instructor at Vista School. she is an adjunct violin/viola instructor at Dixie State University, and she also performs regularly for theater productions at Tuacahn Amphitheater.
Vista School believes in the importance and value of every child being given the opportunity to study music as an expression of their personality and the full development of their minds. As a music instructor, Vista allows Linda to give back the musical and interpersonal experiences she has so generously been given.
The extremely supportive Vista staff and instructors, willing to work as a team, make collaboration of ideas and state-of-the-art methods of instruction the best education a child can receive anywhere.
Linda enjoys hiking with her husband, Greg, and her dog, Jack-Jack, a 75-pound Blue Heeler. Linda also has a 15-year-old rescued black cat, Pip-Squeek. Bike riding, running, exercising at the gym, reading animal stories, working on crossword puzzles, drawing, and rescuing abandoned animals are among her favorite things.