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CMS July Spotlight – Molly Wikens-Reed

Molly Wilkens-Reed is Collegiate Assistant Professor of Viola and director of the Virginia Tech String Project, a robust community string education and teacher training program at Virginia Tech. As faculty at Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, she spends her summers in beautiful northern Michigan teaching violin and viola. Past teaching engagements have included violin and viola faculty positions at the Peabody Preparatory, the Baltimore School for the Arts, the Bryn Mawr Music School, PRIZM Music Camp and International Chamber Music Festival, and the Memphis Suzuki Summer Institute.

The CMS Cohort Initiative returns for 2025–2026 with a renewed focus on connection, collaboration, and professional growth. Designed to bring CMS members together around common interests and goals, CMS Cohorts aim to provide a platform for meaningful conversation, shared learning, and professional growth. 

Each cohort provides the space to connect with peers and guest speakers, exchange ideas, and build momentum across a series of sessions. With a strong network of support, practical resources, and takeaways you can apply in your own work, the cohort experience aims to serve as a vehicle to propel your professional development forward with intentionality and community.