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Professor Maria Casale, a world-class concert artist is the gold
medal winner of the 1989 USA International Harp Competition, and has
received numerous awards for her performances. Her solo debut recital
in 1990 at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, brought her critical
acclaim. She was a featured soloist this past summer at the World
Harp Congress in Prague, Czech Republic and also in 1990 Paris,
France.
As a concert soloist, she has enamored audiences throughout the
world, including Japan, Europe, Israel, Mexico, and United States.
Among the prestigious list of orchestras that Professor Casale has
performed solos with are the Israel Philharmonic, Los Angeles
Philharmonic, and Orquesta Sinfonica National. Professor Casale has
also performed with the Santa Barbara Symphony, San Diego Symphony,
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, San Louis Obispo Mozart Festival, and
Peter Britt Music Festival (Oregon). Currently she is Principal Harp
with the New West Symphony, the California Philharmonic and the
Downey Symphony. In April of 1999 she played the "Andrea Bocelli West
Coast Tour of the Americas". In addition to her busy performance
schedule, she teaches harp at Pepperdine University and California
State University, Northridge.
Professor Casale began her harp studies at the age of six with
Sister Emerentia at Marylhurst College in Portland, Oregon. In 1980
she entered the Julliard School of Music, studying under Susann
McDonald, where she earned both her Bachelor and Master Degrees
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