FMS: Appalachian Chamber Music Players: In Search of Cassadó’s Legacy

Performers of the Appalachian Chamber Music Festival in Harpers Ferry, WV, including:

Cellist Katie Tertell is the founder and Artistic Director of the Appalachian Chamber Music Festival. A former member of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, she enjoys a rich and varied experience as a freelance artist in the UK, Europe and America, and teaches cello at Durham University.

Acclaimed a “marvelous violinist” by the Washington Post, violinist, composer, and arranger Domenic Salerni is a member of the two-time Grammy Award-winning Attacca Quartet.

Chris Jusell is a member of the North Carolina Symphony. He is also Principal Second Violin of the Philadelphia Ballet Orchestra and Assistant Principal Second Violin of the Central City Opera Orchestra in Colorado.

Mexican-Canadian violist Danielle Wiebe Burke is a distinguished chamber musician. A prizewinning finalist in the Sphinx Competition and Yale Concerto Competition, she has performed as a soloist throughout Europe and North America, including as a quarterfinalist in the 2021 Primrose International Viola Competition. She is Principal Viola Chair in the Williamsburg Symphony.

H. Rosi Song holds a Chair in Hispanic Studies at Durham University and is a specialist in 20th and 21st century Spanish culture and literature.

Host or Publisher Georgetown University Dept. of Performing Arts