Sam Casseday in Recital

Starting on a half-sized cello tuned in fourths instead of fifths, Sam Casseday played his first notes on a makeshift double bass at the age of five. Sam began studying with his father, and now a rising third year student at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, he studies with Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson. Sam is a two-time winner of the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition, and subsequently he appeared as a soloist with the Jacksonville Symphony.


In 2011, Sam was one of three finalists for the American String Teachers’ Association solo competition in the high school division. He has been featured on NPR’s From the Top and was a finalist in the show’s “Big Break” national solo competition. 

Sam has attended the Aspen Music Festival the past two summers, and is an alumnus of the Brevard Music Center and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. As a chamber musician Sam has performed with the internationally-renowned Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players in New York City, including a performance of Hoffmeister’s Solo Bass Quartet No. 3.

Sam is the grandson of parishioner Priscilla Davis.

As part of St. Dunstan's 50th Anniversary Celebration, Sam will perform Sunday afternoon, October 5, at 3:00 at the church, 4393 Garmon Road NW, Atlanta 30327  A reception will follow.

Be sure to mark your calendars and plan to attend.