First Name:
Prof. Corinne
Last Name:
Cassini
Main Title:
Senior Lecturer of Alexander Technique
Office Location:
Broyhill Music Center
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Ms. Corinne Cassini, an accomplished Alexander Technique (AT) teacher and cellist, currently serves as a senior lecturer of AT in the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University. Certified by both the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) and Alexander Technique International (ATI), she actively participates in professional meetings and international congresses. She is also a Registered Somatic Movement Educator with the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA).
Ms. Cassini integrates her deep understanding of musicianship with her AT teaching, addressing performance issues and the physical and mental challenges faced by musicians. Fluent in multiple languages and experienced in diverse cultures, she views AT as a universal language of touch and movement that transcends age, origin, and race. She is dedicated to guiding her students as they discover and apply these new skills to their passion for music-making.
Originally from Ohio, Ms. Cassini spent her formative years in France. Her passion for music later led her to live and study in the US, Germany and The Netherlands. She completed her three-year AT teacher training in Amsterdam while working as a freelance Baroque cellist and cello teacher, and teaching French as a foreign language. Prior to her appointment to the Hayes School of Music in 2012, she lived and taught the AT in NYC and Boston while completing two years of postgraduate studies under Tommy Thompson at the Alexander Technique Center in Cambridge, MA.
Ms. Cassini holds a Bachelor of Music in performance and pedagogy for both Modern and Baroque cello, with a minor in Viola da Gamba, from Rice University and the Utrecht School for the Arts.
For more information, visit her website: www.lightinbeing.com.