About me

I’m Charlotte – a performer, teacher, and healer guiding people into direct, communal, and transformational encounters with music. My artistic identities include violinist & violist, improviser, songwriter, group facilitator, dancer, priestess, and healer.  I’m passionate about bringing audiences, clients, and students into aliveness, authenticity, and attunement through music and awareness practices.

I live in Western MA and am devoted to building a rooted community that embraces new culture and sustainability. I co-curate a community hub for embodiment, arts, and spirituality in Florence MA called The Hidden Temple, and teach viola at Amherst College. 

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My life is an ongoing journey toward healing and wholeing. In my early years, I struggled with perfectionism, over-achieving, people-pleasing, and disordered eating. In my early 20s, I experienced a spiritual awakening and started to reconnect to myself through yoga, meditation, and qigong. Eventually, I embraced dance and connected with the worldwide Ecstatic Dance and Contact Improvisation communities. These encounters led to profound experiences of spiritual and personal healing and awakening. I began to see that I have the soul of a seeker and a visionary, looking beyond the traditional culture. I am committed to helping others experience the liberation, joy, and fulfillment that I now experience in my musical and personal life. 

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As a classically trained violin and viola player, I hold cum laude performance degrees from New England Conservatory and Northwestern University. I have collaborated closely with luminaries of the classical world including Yo-Yo Ma, Midori, Kim Kashkashian, and have performed extensively throughout the US, Europe, Asia, and South America. Additionally, I have held positions as Principal Viola of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, in the Hartford Symphony, the Albany Symphony, and the Sarasota Opera Orchestra.