Cassandra Lynne Richburg, Viola
Violist, Cassandra Lynne Richburg, has been a member of the New Century Chamber Orchestra in San Francisco since it began in 1992. She has also been an active studio musician in Los Angeles for the past decade, performing on more than 250 Motion Picture Sound Tracks for such movies as: Steel Magnolias, A Beautiful Mind, Monster's Inc., Indiana Jones, Princess and the Frog, and Avatar. Ms. Richburg has additionally performed with Academy and Emmy Awards Orchestras on several occasions, Soul Train and NAACP Image Awards.
Lynne began playing the viola at age 10, and started in the Michigan Public Schools music program. In 1982, she was chosen a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Lynne has won many competitions across the nation including 1st prize in the William Primrose National Viola Competition, awarded a special prize in the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, and was selected and featured for the MacGraw-Hill Young Artists' Showcase Competition for radio station WQXR-FM. Ms. Richburg was the youngest violist featured in the video-taped "Master Viola Series" by Mr. Donald McInnes while a student at the University of Michigan. She received a Bachelor and Masters degree from the University of Southern California under the guidance of Mr. McInnes and Mr. Alan DeVeritch. Lyman Bodman was her primary teacher during high school years.
Ms. Richburg has been a featured soloist with several orchestras including the Lansing Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Savannah Symphony, Sacramento Symphony, The Academy Orchestra, and the New Century Chamber Orchestra.
She has held positions of Assistant Principal and Principal Violist with the Sacramento Symphony, Principal Violist with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Co-Principal of the Sacramento Chamber Orchestra, and was a member of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, she has performed with the New York Philharmonic, including a United States tour, and with the San Francisco Symphony, including both United States and European tours.
Ms. Richburg has participated in music festivals across the nation including Buzzard’s Bay MusicFest in Cape Cod, La Jolla in CA, SunFlower MusicFest in Topeka, Kansas, and has enjoyed many summers in Sun Valley, Idaho, as a member of the Sun Valley Summer Symphony and chamber musician.
Lynne also enjoys teaching and coaching violists of all ages in Sacramento, CA, where she currently resides.