Meghan Casper is both a member of the Louisville Orchestra and an Adjunct Instructor of Viola, Violin, Suzuki Violin and Suzuki Viola and Indiana University Southeast. She has been a member of the Louisville Orchestra since 2011. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and her Master of Music degree from Northern Illinois University. Her teachers have included Richard Young (Vermeer Quartet), Atar Arad (Cleveland Quartet), and Mark Jacobs (Cleveland Orchestra), among others. She has participated in the Gros Morne Music Festival (as Artist in Residence), the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, the Aspen Music Festival Advanced Quartet Studies, the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, and the Spoleto Festivals in the USA and Italy. Casper has taught at Northern Kentucky University, the Wyoming Fine Arts Academy, was a musical outreach presenter with the Chicago Public Schools, and was a Teaching Assistant to the Colorado Quartet Soundfest.

What do you enjoy most about performing with the Louisville Orchestra?

I'm grateful to work with such talented, supportive colleagues who make the music and the experience better every day.

In what ways do you think the Louisville Orchestra can make the greatest impact on our community?

By continuing efforts like the In Harmony Tour which bring world-class music to rural and underserved areas, creating shared experiences across the Kentucky.