Sky Velvet Vassar Music Foundation 3939 Rio Grande Boulevard NW, Suite 2 Albuquerque, NM 87107
info@skyvelvetvassar.com
Photo by Vanessa Vassar
Sitara Schauer has been studying violin since she was a child. Classically trained, she developed a strong foundation with proper technique, ear training and scale studies. What remained when she decided to step “out of the box” were the soulful sounds of the minor keys. These led her to Arabic, Klezmer, Irish, Swedish, Tango, Gypsy and Balkan musical styles. Sitara has studied maqam (Arabic and Turkish scales) with world renowned teachers and performs actively with many different ensembles including the all-female Balkan and Mid-Eastern band, Rumelia Collective (rumeliacollective.com), of which she is a founding member. She has a degree in instrument repair and also plays mandolin, guitar, piano and santoor (an Indo-Persian hammered dulcimer). She mentors middle and high school orchestras through an outreach program with Performance Santa Fe and maintains a string studio where she teaches private violin lessons to people of all ages. Sitara was Sky's first violin teacher and, after being on the SVVMF Board for seven years, is now the Board Vice President.
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Lisa Donald, President Sitara Schauer, Vice President Robert McNeill, Treasurer Michele Minnis, Secretary Velina Vassar, Director of Fundraising Steve Paternoster Mark Michel Mamie Yanu Willis Vanessa Vassar
Youth Board of Directors
Samantha Daitz Nathan Kaplan Fae Ordaz Huitzil Bennett Perez
Board of Directors Alumni
Peter Kaplan Cyd Riley Stephen Michael Bennett Maryellen Missick Elizabeth Pelz Donna Schmidt Daniel Gutierrez Amy Williams Gerard Kerbleski Keith Jordan Sara Jo Fischer Todd Resch Betsy VanLeit
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