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Hilary Castle
Hilary Castle (born in New Haven, CT) is an American classical violinist.

Violinist Hilary Castle maintains an active schedule as an ensemble musician, soloist, and teacher. Her music interests span a wide range, from classical to contemporary, and she enjoys equally performing as a member of an orchestral team and connecting with audiences in solo performance. “The electric energy behind Hilary’s playing is indescribable … She breathes life into the music and personifies it in a way that would shame those who thought this music could ever be boring.”

Hilary has played with a diversity of groups, from the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Arcos Orchestra, Greenwich Choral Society, and the Salome Chamber Orchestra to collaborating with award-winning jazz vocalist Allan Harris and Sketchy Black Dog (jazz and classic rock). She is a core musician with Tertulia, a chamber music series presented in boutique venues in New York City, and a member of Project 60/40, a group of conservatory trained musicians who experiment with unique instrumentation and fuse classical music with rock, folk, and electronic genres. Recent collaborations have taken her to a variety of New York City settings, including The Iridium Jazz Club, Zinc Bar, Smoke Jazz Club, Rockwood Music Hall, and Pianos, and she enjoys frequenting impromptu jazz and bluegrass sessions at the Grisly Pear, Smoke Jazz Club and Mona’s. Performances and projects have been featured in TimeOut New York, the New York Times, New York Daily News, BUST magazine, The Day, Westerly Sun, on Sirius Radio’s Linked with Peter Cummings, and on MNN Television’s Minding Your Business hosted by June Middleton.

Hilary earned a B.M. from Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, and a M.M. from Mannes College, studying with Lucie Robert. For three years she served as concertmaster of the Mannes Opera Orchestra under the direction of Metropolitan Opera conductor Joseph Colaneri. Other orchestral experiences have taken her to Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully and Avery Fisher Halls, Symphony Hall in Boston, Sydney Opera House, the Rudofinum/Dvorak Hall in Prague, and Pesti Vigado in Budapest. Hilary also has appeared in chamber and solo recitals at the Morgan Library in New York City, New York Historical Society, New York Public Library, U.N. German Consulate General, Ukrainian Institute of America, Bargemusic, Nabi Gallery, and the Colony Club. Summer music festivals have included MusicAlp in Courchevel, France, Casalmaggiore in Italy, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Tanglewood Institute, and the Texas Music Festival where she served multiple seasons as concertmaster under the direction of conductors Christoph Campestri and Stefan Sanderling