As an avid chamber musician, Megan Koch has traveled the world, bringing along her love for music and teaching. She currently teaches with Musicians for the World, bringing lessons to Africa and South America. As a founding member of the Rivendell String Quartet, she had the opportunity to travel to Kazakhstan, and the Kyrgyz Republic, in association with the United States Department and Carnegie Hall.  There, the quartet performed several concerts, coached aspiring young conservatory students, and experienced the rich culture of both countries.  The quartet also traveled to Singapore, where they mentored young musicians at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, and performed alongside faculty, as well as at the US Embassy of Singapore. Megan Koch has performed alongside Robert Mann, Michael Kannen, Ian Swenson, and Steven Dann, and has worked extensively with many of the world’s foremost musicians, among them Joan Tower, Pamela Frank, Menahem Pressler and the Tokyo String Quartet.  Locally, she has played with the Nth Degree Chamber Ensemble, the new music ensemble Verdant Vibes, and the Meeting House Chamber Music Festival. 

Megan Koch has a Masters Degree in chamber music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studied under Jean-Michel Fonteneau, and holds a Bachelors of Music degree from the Peabody Institute, where she studied with Alan Stepansky.  Megan recently moved back to Rhode Island and will be joining Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra in January. She is also collaborating frequently with other local musicians in various chamber concerts around Rhode Island.

Megan plays on an old German cello acquired from her teacher, Jean-Michel Fonteneau and labeled Leopold Wildhalm, 1768.