Becca Kasdan is also an active freelancer in Rhode Island and Boston, performing with groups such as the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the Rhode Island Civic Chorale, and The Orchestra on the Hill, among others. During the summers, Becca is a faculty member at the Easton Chamber Music Festival and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Summer Chamber Music Workshop.

Becca received her Doctor of Musical Arts in Violin Performance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she studied with Meg Freivogel of the Jupiter String Quartet and served as the Violin Teaching Assistant. Previously, Becca studied with Violaine Melancon at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University and the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, where she received her MM and BM in Violin Performance. She is an alum of NEC Prep, where she studied with Magdalena Richter, Anait Arutunian, and David Rubinstein.

A passionate and dedicated teacher, Becca has presented masterclasses at the Paul Rolland String Pedagogy Workshop, American String Teacher Association’s National Conference, Tonebase Violin, Virginia Tech, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, DePauw University School of Music, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Previously, Becca was a Resident Musician at Community MusicWorks, a Core Teaching Artist with Apollo’s Fire- the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, and Violin Faculty at Luzerne Summer Music Festival. Becca is extremely devoted to bringing music into the community and is currently on the Board of Trustees for the Volunteer Musicians for the Arts in Boston. Dr. Kasdan has also been on a discussion panel with Midori discussing community engagement and outreach in the 21st century.

In 2023, Becca collaborated with the international exhibit Violins of Hope to present her Doctoral Lecture Recital, Imagining New Possibilities for 21st-Century Classical Music Performance: Drawing Inspiration from the Berlin Cabarets of the Weimar Republic. Joined by co-founder Avshalom Weinstein, Becca performed a recital on violins restored and recovered from the Holocaust. The concert featured dancers, musicians, visual artists, and puppeteers from seven countries and a performance of two world premieres.

For more information and upcoming concerts, please visit: www.beccakasdanviolin.com