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Cassandra
Sotos / Fiddle
Cassandra (Cat) has been playing the violin since she was four years
old. She was instructed in the Suzuki method for the first seven years
and extended her classical training privately at Carnegie Mellon
University Preparatory for five years where she also trained in Chamber
music with a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony. She has attended Mark
O’Connor’s Fiddle Camp in Nashville, Tennessee for ten consecutive
years, starting at age eight. Her first "paid" gig was with the League
of Arts Square Dance band, and she played fiddle for that band for
several years. She has also played with several Pittsburgh area country
bands, but spent four years as the lead fiddle for the country band
NOMAD (North of Mason Dixon). NOMAD’s debut CD, "Born and Raised" was
released in April , 2006. She has also done studio recording for other
area artists and produced her own solo Christmas CD in December, 2007.
Cassandra is currently pursuing a solo career as a violinist and
recently played at the Apollo Theater in New York City with her "Viper",
an electric violin custom made for her by
Wood Violins ( Mark Wood,
owner)
Cassandra is also a full time honor student in the Schreyer Honors
College, majoring in Engineering, at Penn State in State College. She is
currently on leave from Penn State to work as a co-op at Johnson &
Johnson in northern New Jersey.
~ Class Schedule ~
Instrument -
Basic Fiddle
Room 4
Friday & Saturday Morning -
8:30am - 10:00am
Friday & Saturday Afternoon
- 12:30pm - 2:00 pm
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