Ondine is a violin/violist, musical director/conductor, and educator who works with many San Francisco Bay Area organizations. She earned a doctoral degree in choral conducting and early music performance from the University of Southern California.
Currently, she works with the Novato Music Association Chorus, Young Women’s Choral Projects of San Francisco, Cantabella Children’s Chorus, Musically Minded Academy, Trinity Cathedral, Crestmont, Crowden School of Music, and more. You can also find her occasionally assisting with Piedmont Pianos/East Bay Children’s Chorus, Old First Concerts San Francisco, Superpower of the Song, Notes Music Academy, Music Time, and other organizations. Ondine also performs with many local ensembles such as Philharmonia Baroque, Albany Consort, Sacramento Baroque, Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra, Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, Vallejo Symphony, Jubilate, San Francisco Early Music Society, and Cantare, to name a few. Ondine has been invited to guest conduct the Oakland Summer Reading Orchestra, Community Women’s Orchestra, Awesome Orchestra, Villa Sinfonia, Sacred and Profane, and MidAmerica at Carnegie Hall. In addition, Ondine and her family are guest performers at Christ Church Los Altos and many local churches.
Ondine co-founded “Tea, Talks, and Treasures” at The Pacific Boychoir Academy. She is on the board of directors of Dandelion Dance Theater and Winds Across the Bay. Her past roles include teaching and conducting for the Marin Girls Chorus, National Children’s Chorus, Golden State/California Youth Orchestras, Marin/Oakland Schools for the Arts, Sound Minds/California Symphony, Bentley School, Stern Grove, and the Carmel Bach Festival. She has also conducted San Francisco Boys’ and Girls’ Choruses, Kairos Youth Choirs, and many bell/Church choirs (CC, UMC, Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran).
Prior to living in the Bay Area, Ondine spearheaded the choral program at the University of San Diego. She studied violin, viola, choral, orchestral conducting, and performance practice at the University of California Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara. For more information on Ondine, visit: www.ondineyoung.com.