About Abijah

Abijah Zimmerman received her Bachelor’s degree in violin performance from Messiah University in May 2024. She began studying piano at the age of 5 and violin at the age of 10. Abijah has performed studio piano recitals in China, a choir and orchestra music tour in Spain, and with many orchestras in the United States, including the West Shore Symphony Orchestra, Hershey Symphony Orchestra, Harrisburg Symphony Youth Orchestra, Messiah University Symphony Orchestra, University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Great Falls Philharmonic, and True North Symphony Orchestra. She has had the honor to perform in prestigious halls like the Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center Concert Hall, the Forum in Harrisburg, the Atlantic City Convention Center, the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, and Market Square Presbyterian Church. 

In addition to teaching private lessons and orchestra camp coaching, she enjoys performing in the community at large. Some of her recent performances include the 2022 ACDA-PA Convention (PA), Handel’s Messiah (PA), and works with the University of Maryland Chamber Singers (MD) and Bel Canto Singers (Bahamas). Abijah has collaborated with many great musicians, including Darren Lin, Dr. Paschal Younge, Dr. Damian Savarino, Jacob Keith Watson, Toni Marie Palmertree, Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes, and Lauren Daigle. 

Her music studies have been cultivated by Peter Sirotin, Ya-Ting Chang, Gregory Woodbridge, Dr. Timothy Dixon, Dr. Patrice Ewoldt, David Neely, Oleg Rylatko, Dr. Irina Muresanu, Holly Jenkins, Violaine Melançon, David Salness, Harumi Rhodes, and Dr. Sandra Dackow. Abijah will graduate summa cum laude in May 2026 with her Master's in Violin Performance from the University of Maryland, College Park. She plays a 2021 Alessandro Giovanni violin and a T. Chagas Brasil bow.