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Fiddles & Faces Duo |
 Gail
Stadelman
With 35 years of
professional
classical violin
experience, Gail
holds a bachelor’s
degree and a
master’s degree in
Violin Performance
from The
Ohio State
University. She has
performed with The
Columbus Symphony
since 1979, and has
played with BalletMet Columbus,
Opera Columbus, Jazz
Arts Group,
ProMusica Chamber
Orchestra, Columbus
Bach Ensemble,
Lancaster Festival
Orchestra, and
Lexington
Philharmonic. She
has performed in the
pit orchestra with
Broadway Across
America for such
traveling Broadway
productions as
Beauty and the
Beast, Camelot,
Fiddler on the Roof,
Evita, The Sound of
Music, Titanic,
and West Side
Story. She has
performed in
orchestras for Diana
Ross, Luciano
Pavarotti, Manheim
Steamroller, Moody
Blues, Smokey
Robinson, and Trans
Siberian Orchestra,
and she played at
Carnegie Hall with
The Columbus
Symphony in 2001.
She opened a private
violin studio in
2002 and is the
benefactor of the
Central Kentucky
Youth Orchestra
Stadelman Family
Scholarship program,
which provides
financial assistance
to young musicians
with outstanding
musical abilities.
She’s a member of
the Columbus
Federation of
Musicians. |
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 Nora
Calvert
Nora has more
than 33 years of
professional
classical violin
experience. She
completed her
education with a
Bachelor’s in Violin
Performance at
Oberlin Conservatory
and completed her
Master’s in
Performance and
Music Education
Certification at
Northwestern
University. After
her graduate
studies, she taught
orchestra in
Naperville/Aurora,
Illinois public
schools for five
years and won the
Most Influential
Educator Award in
2001. Nora has
performed with such
top ensembles as the
Chicago Civic
Orchestra, Greenbay
Opera Company,
Lexington
Phiharmonic, Opera
Columbus, The
Columbus Symphony,
ProMusica (as a
soloist), Columbus
Bach Ensemble, and
Broadway Across
America in
productions of
Annie, The
Producers, Light in
the Piazza, The
Sound of Music,
and Chicago
(solo violin). She
has also played with
such renowned
artists as Mel Torme,
Peter Nero, Al
Jarreau, Wayne
Newton, Yanni,
Mannheim
Steamroller, and
Andrea Bocelli. She
currently teaches
full time as a
strings specialist
in the Upper
Arlington City
school district. |
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Fiddles & Faces
String Quartet
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The Fiddles & Faces
String Quartet
formed in 2006 and
features violinists
Gail Stadelman and
Nora Calvert,
cellist Peter Case,
and violist Sarah
Case.
Peter Case
Peter earned
degrees in cello
performance from
Oberlin Conservatory
and Indiana
University, and his
music education
degree from The
University of
Minnesota. He was a
member of the Kono
String Quartet,
which was a finalist
in the First
International Osaka
Chamber Music
Competition in
Osaka, Japan. He has
freelanced
extensively
throughout the
country and played
in a backup
orchestra for Jimmy
Paige and Robert
Plant. He currently
works at the Loft
Violin Shop.
Sarah Case
Sarah is the
director of Bloom!
Music and Movement
Centre in Columbus,
where she teaches
private lessons and
Music Together
classes for families
with young children.
She has taught
general music and
strings at public
schools in Ohio,
Florida, and
Illinois, including
the Upper Arlington
City school
district. In
addition to
teaching, Sarah is a
freelance violinist
in the Columbus
area. She holds
degrees in music and
education from St.
Olaf College, The
University of
Minnesota, and The
Ohio State
University. |
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