Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Cecilia Orazi: Cello Teacher and Chamber Music



Cecilia Orazi, Cello and String Teacher
Carnegie Mellon, MM in Cello Performance
Cleveland Institute of Music, BM in Cello Performance

We are so pleased to have Cecilia working with our cello, violin and viola students and assisting with Chamber Music ensembles. 

Cecilia Orazi recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a Master of Music degree in cello performance. She studies with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s principal cellist, Anne Martindale Williams. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2013, studying with Richard Weiss. Cecilia, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, began playing the cello at the age of eight and performed in the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra. She served as principal cellist of the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra and as the Librarian/Assistant for the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. She has attended Round Top Music Festival, Chautauqua Music Festival, Credo Chamber Music Camp, ENCORE School for Strings and Interlochen Arts Camp. 

This summer, Cecilia participated in the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, Colorado. She has played in masterclasses for cellists Desmond Hoebig and Richard Aaron and has worked with the Pacifica, Avalon and Cavani String Quartets, as well as Peter Salaff, Noah Bendex-Balgley and Alisa Weilerstein. 

She is a certified Suzuki cello teacher who also enjoys running and trying new foods.

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