Dr. Colleen Ferguson is an active performer and educator specializing in violin, viola, and orchestral conducting. She serves as Associate Professor of Strings and Orchestra at Texas A&M University–Kingsville, where she maintains a dynamic applied strings studio and conducts the Kingsville Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Ferguson earned her Bachelor’s (2002) and Master’s (2004) degrees in Music Education from The University of Texas at Austin, where she also served on the faculty of the UT Austin String Project. She later completed the Master of Music (2012) and Doctor of Musical Arts (2015) degrees in Violin Performance at the University of Iowa.
As Artistic Director of the Kingsville Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Ferguson leads a wide-ranging concert season of six programs annually, including masterworks and pops concerts, educational outreach through Carnegie Hall’s nationally recognized Link Up youth education concert, and annual traditions such as The Nutcracker ballet.
She is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences and is regularly invited to give masterclasses and workshops at institutions across the United States. Recent engagements include the University of Minnesota Morris, Cornell College, The University of Texas at El Paso, Loma Linda Academy, Florida Southern College, and James Madison University. Her conference presentations have been featured at the American String Teachers Association National Conference, the National Association for Music Education Annual Conference, the Biennial Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference, the International Academic Forum, and the Stanford Society Annual Symposium.
An active violinist and violist, Dr. Ferguson performs solo and chamber recitals with a particular focus on late‑nineteenth- and early‑twentieth‑century British repertoire. Her long‑standing collaboration with Professor Jeremy Dibble of Durham University has led to joint recitals at St. Stephen’s Church in Dublin (2016), Imperial College in London (2018), Birmingham (2019), Gloucester Cathedral (2021), and Salisbury Cathedral (2025) as part of the Stanford Society Annual Symposium.
Dr. Ferguson also leads the Herbert St. Trio, an ensemble dedicated to chamber music of Victorian‑era British composers, particularly the works of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and his pupils. Recent trio performances have been presented at Texas A&M University–Kingsville, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Durham University (UK).
Her recent orchestral conducting work includes selection as a competitor for the Chamber Orchestra of New York’s Respighi Prize in Orchestral Conducting (2023 and 2024), performances of Elgar’s Enigma Variations and Rossini’s Barber of Seville Overture at St. James’ Church, Piccadilly (London), and service as Guest Clinician for the TMEA Region 12 Philharmonic Orchestra.
Contact Information
School of Music
MUEB 112
361-593-5026
colleen.ferguson@tamuk.edu
https://kingsvillesymphony.org/
