Lane Champa (Violin) is a violinist and violist from Delaware, Ohio. He is an active
performer in the New Albany Symphony Orchestra, Opera Project Columbus Chamber
Orchestra, Newark Granville Symphony Orchestra, McConnell Arts Center Chamber
Orchestra, and Westerville Symphony Orchestra. He is also the Marketing Director and
Gig Coordinator of the New Albany Symphony Orchestra. Champa is the Outreach
Coordinator of Christian Howes’ Creative Strings Workshop in Delaware, Ohio. He was
the Onsite Manager of the Chamber Music Connection from 2015-2018 and is currently
an Associated Faculty Member of the organization. He is also an administrator and
on the violin faculty of the Jefferson Academy of Music. Champa performs regularly
across the state as a member of Accordia Music in Dublin, Ohio and runs his own gig
musician booking business. He is the violinist of the Troika Piano Trio, which gives
community performances around Central Ohio. Champa performs monthly as a soloist
on the Heather Pick Music Series at the Ohio State University’s James Cancer Hospital.
Champa is a 2016 graduate of Otterbein University where he studied Music, Business
Administration, and Arts Administration. He was a featured performer in the Otterbein
University Humor in Music Festival, violinist of Red Noise New Music Ensemble
and is the current concertmaster of the university’s Musical Theater Pit Orchestra. He
studied violin with Sheryl Trick and David Edge and chamber music with the Cavani,
Emerson, JACK, Hausmann, Calidore, Ying, Doric, and Brentano string quartets as well
as with Ari Streisfeld, Peter Salaff and Hayley Wolfe. Champa enjoys contemporary
music collaborations and has performed in premieres of works by James Rubino, Kyle
Price, Zachary Koors, Charlie Wilmoth, Rachel Epperly, Max Vinetz and Brian Riordan.
Champa is a director and guest artist at the annual Olentangy Summer Strings Camp
at Otterbein University. He also manages a private string studio teaching violin, viola,
cello, improvisation and composition to students across Central Ohio.
Columbus Classical Guitar 