Dr. Roumena Georgieva is an accomplished violinist with an international solo performing career spanning five decades. At the age of 23, she became the youngest and first female concertmaster with the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra. She also held the position of concertmaster and soloist with the famous Ladies' Chamber Orchestra of Bulgaria, and toured many times with both orchestras in throughout Europe, as well as performing as a soloist with the symphony orchestras of Rome, Milan. Berlin, Leipzig, and Thessalonica. Since her arrival in the United States in 1997, Dr. Georgieva has performed as Assistant  Concertmaster with the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra and the Lake Shore Symphony Orchestra in Chicago, the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, the Paducah Symphony Orchestra in Kentucky, the Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra, and as a Concertmaster with the Georgia State University Symphony Orchestra in Atlanta. Dr. Georgieva's chamber ensemble performances have also crossed continental and cultural barriers, as she has led the String Quartet of the National Academy of Music and the String Quartet of the National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bulgaria, the String Quartet of the New Conservatory of Thessalonica in Greece, and the Viloin Duo, Piano Quartet, and neoPhonia New Music Trio Ensemble at Georgia State University. Her solo recitals with piano at Lake Forest College in Chicago, Reinhardt College in North Georgia, Emory University, Spellman College, Morehouse College and Georgia State University in Atlanta were noted for their introduction of new and experimental music alongside more traditional pieces. The broadcasts of her performances with the Spellman College Glee Club in 2004, 2006,2008,2011,2015, and her performance for the 2013 Allen Award on AIB TV and Planet Atlanta on Peoples TV reached even more diverse audiences. Dr. Georgieva has performed regularly with Americolor Opera Alliance since 2008. The noted Composer Dr. Sharon Willis dedicated to Dr. Georgieva her Spirit Suite for Violin and Piano in 2013. Dr. Georgieva's awards and honors span from her winning the prestigious Grand Prize for Young Bulgarian Violinists at the age of 10, to being a Permanent Juror on the Committee for the Awards and Scholarships with the Atlanta Chapter of the American Federation of Musicians. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society a member of Delta Kappa Gamma International Honor Society for Key Women Educators and a member of MAMA. Her career as a performer is paralleled with her distinguished teaching profession, which she started in 1978 as an Adjunct Professor at the National Academy of Music in Sofia. She continued on the faculty there until 1990, when she accepted a position at the New Conservatory of Thessalonica. Since arriving in the United States, she has taught at Elmhurst College (Chicago), Reinhardt College, Clark Atlanta University, Spellman College, and Morehouse College in Atlanta. In 2005, Dr. Georgieva received and invitation to become Director of the Atlanta University Center Symphony Orchestra, which is comprised of students from Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spellman College. She also currently teaches violin, viola, and chamber music at these AUC institutions, using the innovative Alexander Technique. Dr. Georgieva holds a PhD in Musicology and Musical Art from the National Academy of Music, in Sofia, Bulgaria; Master of Music Performance from Georgia State University, Bachelor of Music Performance from the Professional School of Music, Sofia, Bulgaria, and Alexander Technique training in London, England. She has taken master classes with Yehudi Menuhin, Henryk Szering, David Oistrakh, Leonid Cogan, Sergei Krilov, Vladimir Spivakov, Shlomo Minz, Niccolas Szabadi, and William Preucil. Dr. Georgieva has three children, a son and twin daughters.