Leadership
Maretta Alden, violinist and teacher, works throughout the Miami Valley.
In addition to maintaining a private violin studio for the past 20 years,
she has been a faculty member at the Stivers School for the Performing
Arts, the Miami Valley String Academy, and Colonel White High School in
Dayton. Currently, she teaches in Wilmington and Kettering maintaining a
studio of 40 private students in both the Suzuki method and traditional
lessons. Alden has performed in many orchestras including the Dayton
Philharmonic, Middletown Symphony, Richmond Symphony in Indiana, and the
Springfield Symphony Orchestra. Besides being the founding member of the
Elegant Entertainment String Quartet, she is a member of the Wilmington
College Piano Trio and is the Music Director and Conductor of the
Wilmington College Community String Orchestra. She lives with her
daughter, Emma Saville, and her husband, Scott Saville, near Sabina, Ohio.
