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Eva Cappelletti Chao, violinist
Orchestral and Chamber Experience (Section)
2018-present
Iris Music Project (irismusicproject.com)
2011-present
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Substitute)
1998-present
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra (Substitute)
1998-present
National Symphony Orchestra (Substitute)
1998-present
Grand Teton Music Festival, WY (orchestral & chamber musician)
1998-present
National Philharmonic Orchestra (Sub & guest Co-Concertmaster & Princ 2nd))
2012-present
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
2007-present
Post-Classical Ensemble (chamber orchestra)
2004-2008
American Festival for the Arts, TX (chamber music and faculty)
Orchestral Experience (Leadership)
2003-present
City Choir of Washington (Concertmaster)
2000-present
New Dominion Chorale (Concertmaster)
1998-present
National Cathedral Choral Society (Concertmaster)
2003-2017
Washington Concert Opera (Concertmaster)
2004-2007
Master Chorale (Concertmaster)
1990-2002
Washington Chamber Symphony (Concertmaster)
2003, 2004
Wintergreen Music Festival, VA (Assistant Concertmaster & chamber musician)
1998, 1999
Eastern Music Festival, NC (Assistant Concertmaster, chamber & Soloist)
1996 – 1997
Virginia Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Concertmaster)
1996 – 1997
Virginia Opera (Assistant Concertmaster)
1993 – 1996
New World Symphony (Principal 2nd/Assistant Concertmaster rotation)
1996, 1997
Utah Festival Opera Company, UT (Assistant Principal 2nd)
Other genres and doubling
2018-present
Doubling on Mandolin (Horacio Alger Orchestra 10/6/18)
2015-present
Hospice care violinist, A Musical Heart (https://amusicalheart.org)
2012-2018
Tango – Lead violinist, QuinTango (www.quintango.com)
1987-present
Bluegrass Fiddle – Kings Island Country Show (1987&88)
Nov 6, 2014
Latin Music – Solo Violinist with the “King of Bachata” Romeo Santos’s band
on PBS special “Salute to the Troops” at the White House for President Obama
1990
Jazz – featured on “Jazz the Budway” CD – Corona label
Education
1993-1996
New World Symphony, fellow
1989-1993
Carnegie Mellon University, MFA, Andres Cardenes
1985-1989
Ohio University, BA, Summa Cum Laude – double major in Music and Psychology, Howard Beebe
Post graduate work has included studies with Josef Gingold, Joseph Silverstein, Donald Weilerstien, Roland Vamos, MaryLou Speaker-Churchill, Toby Appel, Martin Beaver and Burton Kaplan
Coaching Credentials
2019 – present
Martha Beck International, Wayfinder Certified Life Coach
2015 – present
Institute of the Work, trained facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie
2017 – present
Innerland Institute, trained facilitator of Inquiry-Based Coaching
2018 – present
Charles E. Smith Life Communities, Mindfulness Meditation Teacher
2020 – present
Grand Teton Music Festival, online Co-Host of “Backstage Pass”
2021 – present
Sewanee Summer Music Festival, WinterFest, Masterclasses and Life Coaching
2021 – present
New World Symphony Orchestra, Mentor, Mentorship Initiative for Fellows
1999 – 2002
Naropa University, Transpersonal Psychology, Vipassana Meditation
1984 – 1989
Ohio University, BA, summa cum laude, Double Degree: Music & Psychology
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