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Featured performer at the French Embassy, performing chamber music of Chevalier de Saint Georges for 2023 Washington International Film Festival. Performs with&nbsp;the National Philharmonic, Colour of Music Festival, Maryland Symphony, the Soulful Symphony, and numerous solo and ensemble engagements. Other performances: the Gateways Festival, Cabrillo Festival with conductor Marin Alsop, Ritz Chamber Players and St. Augustine Music Festival. Violinist at Aspen Music Festival, the National Orchestral Institute, the Johannesen International School of the Arts in Victoria, Canada.&nbsp; Teaching experience includes Baltimore School for the Arts TWIGS Program (7 years), Ottley Music School, Nathan Carter School of Music at New Shiloh Baptist Church, the Gilman School, and Gettysburg College. Additional studies with the Emerson and Juilliard String Quartets, and Mark O\u2019Connor String Seminar, Berklee College of Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Violin, Viola<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17875,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"categories":[73,72,77,87],"class_list":["post-16793","bio","type-bio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty","category-instructors","category-strings","category-tapestry-music-project"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cleveland A. 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