Anne-Marie Fassler

Cello
Styles: Classical
Education: BA in Music and BS in Biology from Biola University, 2005. Private instructors have included Cory Antipa and Marlin Owen.
Musical Accomplishments: Anne-Marie comes from a musical family and has always loved playing music. She played flute and French Horn in the school band, but her love for music grew when she started studying cello at age 11. She also participated in the Santa Rosa Children's Chorus, the Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra, as well as the Young People's Chamber Orchestra. While a student at Biola, she had the immense honor to participate in multiple chamber music master classes with Menahem Pressler, the distinguished founder of the Beaux Arts Trio and was selected to perform a movement from the Elgar cello concerto for the Biola University Concerto Competition in 2005. She has toured with the Biola Symphony Orchestra in Europe and also in China with a smaller string ensemble. After graduating, Anne-Marie lived in Davis while working at Genentech and was the principal cellist of the UC Davis Symphony from 2007-2009.
Interesting Fact: Anne-Marie has played Yo-Yo Ma's cello!