Alicia Casey, Violin
Alicia Casey is an internationally sought-after Suzuki educator and concert violinist originally hailing from Australia. Alicia directs the Suzuki Program at the Upper Valley Music Center, where she has taught since 2010, and oversees a program of 120 students in cello, viola, and violin.
Alicia has been a guest clinician at the Suzuki Institute of Indonesia, the Vermont Suzuki Violin Workshops, the Green Mountain Suzuki Summer Institute, and the Hartt Workshops. Alicia has been published in the American Suzuki Journal and has presented at national conferences. She has registered for formal Suzuki training with the Suzuki Association of the Americas in Violin Books 1-10 and was awarded the Certificate of Achievement from the Suzuki Association of the Americas in 2018.
Having started violin at age 3, Alicia has now experienced all three sides of the Suzuki triangle. Alicia received her Bachelor of Music Performance and Pedagogy from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Australia, where she was a student of Elizabeth Morgan, and her Master's in Violin Performance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she was a student of Elizabeth Chang and was a recipient of the Lark Chamber Music Award. Alicia has performed with orchestras, quartets, and as a soloist throughout the United States, Australia, and Europe. Alicia currently lives in New Hampshire with her husband Ben, daughter Elizabeth, and son Jack.