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Caeli Smith

Violinist & Violist

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NEW! Caeli joins Sybarite5!
Equal parts passion, grit, and musical ecstasy, Sybarite5 is an intoxicating cocktail of post-genre musical goodness expressed through the virtuosity of violinists Sami Merdinian & Suliman Tekalli; violist Caeli Smith; cellist Laura Andrade; and double bassist Louis Levitt. It’s the first ensemble of its kind to win the prestigious Concert Artists Guild competition and the group is constantly evolving, defying categorization, and has been keeping audiences on their toes for over a decade.

In summer 2020, Caeli founded MusicAlly, a platform that connects students with online lessons, using a buy-one-give-one model. MusicAlly is building an international community of peers through its PenPal program. MusicAlly’s mission is to work to end the inequality gap in classical music training.

Caeli Graduates from Ensemble Connect
In the 2018 season, Caeli joined Ensemble Connect, a two-year fellowship program for the finest young professional classical musicians in the United States. Ensemble Connect is a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. More on their website.

Caeli performs with members of the Perlman Music Program on Alec Baldwin’s podcast Here’s The Thing, from WNYC at the NYU Skirball Center in New York, New York. Hear the performance following an interview with the inimitable Itzhak Perlman and his wife Toby.

Caeli has joined Frisson as a founding member and Associate Director. Frisson is a nine-piece chamber group featuring NYC’s finest young classical musicians, Frisson showcases a myriad of rarely-performed masterworks. Listen and enjoy as Frisson expands and contracts into a variety of ensembles, including quintets, sextets, and a small chamber orchestra.

Recent Publications

STRINGS MAGAZINE

• How Much Is Too Much When Writing on Sheet Music?

• Caeli Smith on a Colorful Lesson

• Recording Your Playing

VIOLINIST.COM

• Playing a Happy Scale: Return to the Heifetz Festival

• A Masterclass with Ray Chen

• A Masterclass with Sarah Chang at The Manhattan School of Music

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