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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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