A native of the Republic of Moldova, Aurica Duca began the violin at age seven.  She has taken First Prize in the Cornelia Bronzetti violin competition and the International Violin Competition of Brasov.  Ms. Duca was the Grand Prize winner at the Paul Constantinescu International Competition in Romania.  She was awarded the Mayor’s Scholarship of Chisinau, Moldova and the prestigious scholarship from the Foundation of Beneficence.

Ms. Duca has performed in solo engagements with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the National Philharmonic of Chisinau and the National Youth Orchestra in Holland and studied at the A. Casella Conservatory in l’Aquilla, Italy. She has participated in The Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina and she is featured in Festival Mozaic’s chamber music series in San Luis Obispo, California every summer.

In 2006, Ms. Duca joined the violin section of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and in the fall of 2015, she was named principal second violin of the orchestra.  

She is the co-founder of the Lawson Ensemble along with violinist/violist Clinton Dewing and cellist Nick Curry.  The group is in residence at the University of North Florida.  

Currently, Ms. Duca is the concertmaster of the Coastal Symphony of Georgia and performs regularly with the St. Augustine Music Festival.  She and husband Clinton Dewing are parents to three daughters, Siena, Nola and Soma.  

About Aurica Duca

A native of the Republic of Moldova, Aurica Duca began the violin at age seven.  She has taken First Prize in the Cornelia Bronzetti violin competition and the International Violin Competition of Brasov.  Ms. Duca was the Grand Prize winner at the Paul Constantinescu International Competition in Romania.  She was awarded the Mayor’s Scholarship of Chisinau, Moldova and the prestigious scholarship from the Foundation of Beneficence.

Ms. Duca has performed in solo engagements with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the National Philharmonic of Chisinau and the National Youth Orchestra in Holland and studied at the A. Casella Conservatory in l’Aquilla, Italy. She has participated in The Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina and she is featured in Festival Mozaic’s chamber music series in San Luis Obispo, California every summer.

In 2006, Ms. Duca joined the violin section of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and in the fall of 2015, she was named principal second violin of the orchestra.

She is the co-founder of the Lawson Ensemble along with violinist/violist Clinton Dewing and cellist Nick Curry.  The group is in residence at the University of North Florida.

Currently, Ms. Duca is the concertmaster of the Coastal Symphony of Georgia and performs regularly with the St. Augustine Music Festival.  She and husband Clinton Dewing are parents to three daughters, Siena, Nola and Soma.