OSDALE, MARY KATHRYN VAN Mary Kathryn Van Osdale, violin
The gifted Mary Kathryn Van Osdale
and her incredible Stradivarius violin (circa 1718) are certainly one of the
greatest assets of the Nashville music community. She made her first appearance
with The Nashville Symphony as a member of the violin section at the age of
fifteen and was named concertmaster in 1989. In 1986, she joined the faculty
of The Blair School of Music, where she is currently adjunct artist teacher
of the violin. An active musician in the Nashville String Machine, she has a
varied series of collaborative recordings to her credit. She attended the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music and the Banff School of Fine Arts, and received her Master
of Music degree from Northern Illinois University. As the founding member of
the Vermillion String Quartet, she has toured throughout Canada and Europe,
and has been nominated three times for the Nashville Music Awards.
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