DEBORAH APPLE
West Roxbury, MA  02132

  
​Deborah Apple is an active and diverse clinician and teacher in the Boston area. As the Teacher Development Director at the Boston Music Project, Deborah supports teachers in their classroom management, social emotional curriculum implementation, and music literacy resources. Additionally, she currently has a small studio of students in West Roxbury, where she provides Suzuki and traditional instruction to all ages. The students learn musicianship, theory, and technical facility as well as  leadership, perseverance, and commitment through weekly lessons and semi-annual studio recitals. At Beaver Country Day School she directs one of the middle school string ensembles. Deborah has presented at professional development conferences across the country on topics including social emotional learning, civic engagement, and gamification in the music classroom. In addition to her teaching, Deborah also performs with the Brookline Symphony.
     

Teaching Experience 
   Private Studio
       Violin, viola, and cello instructor 2004-Present
   Boston Music Project
      Teacher Development Director 2026-present
      Teacher Resource Manager 2025-2026
      Teacher Support Specialist 2022-2025
      Villa Lobos Orchestra Director (4th-5th year students) 2020-2022
      Sibelius Orchestra Director (3rd-4th year students) 2016-2020
   Beaver Country Day School
      Strings Teacher 2019-Present
      Private Lesson Coordinator 2021-2026
   The Conservatory at Highlands
      Private lesson instructor 2016-2025
   Suzuki Training
       ECC and Violin/Viola Book 1, 2013
      Violin/Viola Book 2, 2017

Orchestral experience
    Brookline (MA) Symphony, 2012-Present
        Principal 2017-present
        Acting Principal 2015-2017

Honors/Awards
    Session Presenter El Sistema USA Conference 2026
    Featured Session Presenter Massachusetts Music Educators Association Conference 2026
    Session Presenter American String Teacher Association Conference 2024
    Harmony in Action Award 2024
    Mass Cultural Council META Fellowship 2016
    Scholarship, Boston Conservatory
    Scholarship, University of South Carolina
    Kirk D. Moss Scholarship

Education
    Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA
      Masters of Music in viola performance
    University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
      Bachelor's of Music in viola performance Summa cum Laude

Principal Teachers
    Patricia McCarty, Dr. Constance Gee, Ryan Kho, Elizabeth Derderian-Wood

Professional Membership
    National Association for Music Education
    Massachusetts Music Educators Association
    American String Teachers Association
    Suzuki Association of America