Becca's Violin Lessons and Performances

Introduction: I teach violin lessons to students of all ages and I perform at weddings, church services, parties, and events of any occasion. I am a classically trained violinist, but can teach/perform music from a variety of genres. Bio: Becca Kasdan began her musical studies at the age of 5. A native of Massachusetts, Becca studied for ten years at the New England Conservatory Preparatory Program with Magdalena Richter, Anait Arutunian, and David Rubinstein. In 2012, Becca toured Argentina with the NEC Youth Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Hugh Wolff. The following year she became a member of Benjamin Zander’s Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and went on tour to Carnegie Hall. Becca currently studies with Violaine Melancon and will be pursuing her Master’s Degree at McGill University. Previously, Becca attended the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University where she served as Co-Concertmaster of the Peabody Concert Orchestra, Concertmaster of the Peabody Modern Orchestra, and Principal of the Peabody Chamber Orchestra and Opera Orchestra. Deeply passionate about chamber music, Becca has worked closely with members of the Julliard, Emerson, Chiara, Orion, Ying, Brentano, and Borromeo String Quartets among others. Her string quartet, the Vernon Quartet, was selected as Peabody’s only Honors Ensemble for the 2017-2018 academic year in which they played at the Society of Four Arts in Florida and had the pleasure of performing with former cellist of the Brentano String Quartet, Michael Kannen. She has performed in masterclasses for several distinguished artists including Midori Goto, Axel Strauss, and Stefan Milenkovich, toured Germany and Austria as a chamber musician, and has attended many prestigious summer music festivals. This summer she will be attending Manchester Music Festival on a violin fellowship. In addition, Becca is extremely devoted to bringing music into the community. She served as the first co-director of the Peabody String Sinfonia, a conductor-less string ensemble at Peabody Conservatory that performs exclusively at community venues. Becca Kasdan is the 2018 recipient of the Johns Hopkins President’s Commendation for Achievement in the Arts, the Grace Clagett Ranney Prize in Chamber Music, and was recently inducted into the prestigious music guild, Pi Kappa Lambda.