Gretchen Zunic serves as the Head Orchestra Director at Upper Arlington High School in Columbus. She is in her twenty-ninth year of teaching at Upper Arlington and previously taught strings in the Hilliard City Schools and the Findlay City Schools. In addition to working with six high school orchestras, she also assists with sixth through eighth grades at both middle schools. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Bowling Green State University and her Master of Arts Degree from The Ohio State University where she received the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. Mrs. Zunic was named Ohio Teacher of the Year by the Ohio String Teachers Association in 2019 and currently serves as President of the Ohio String Teachers Association, and Co-Chair of the Central Ohio String Festival.