Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Marcia Cassidy

Senior Lecturer, Violin, Viola
M.M., San Francisco Conservatory

B.M., University of Texas at Austin

Marcia Cassidy has performed extensively in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Japan to critical acclaim as a member of the Franciscan String Quartet, the first-prize winners at the Banff International String Quartet Competition. She pursued her musical training at the University of Texas, University of New Mexico, New England Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory, and with the Tokyo String Quartet at the Yale School of Music. Her principal teachers have included Geraldine Walther, Burton Fine, Leonard Felberg, Stephen Clapp, and Doris Norton. In addition to teaching, she is an active chamber musician, principal violist of Opera North (NH), a member of the Musicians of the Old Post Road (Boston), and performs regularly with many professional groups including the newly formed Burlington (VT) Chamber Orchestra.

(Photo: Flying Squirrel Photography)