Natalie Haas is an American cellist

Cello

The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

. A graduate of the Juilliard School

Juilliard School

The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...

, she has toured extensively with Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser

Alasdair Fraser

Alasdair Fraser is a Scottish fiddler.Fraser operates Culburnie Records, and is a leading artist on the label. He has founded three summer fiddling programs: the fiddle camp in California , a week-long course on the Isle of Skye and the more recent in California...

. Together they have recorded several albums. Also, she has toured and recorded with Mark O'Connor

Mark O'Connor

Mark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition...

 and his Appalachia Waltz Trio, and with Natalie MacMaster

Natalie MacMaster

Natalie MacMaster, CM is an award-winning fiddler from the rural community of Troy in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada who plays Cape Breton fiddle music....

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Haas teaches privately and at the Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...

 in Boston. Haas' sister, Brittany Haas

Brittany Haas

Brittany Haas is an American fiddle player. She is currently a member of the Boston-based alternative bluegrass band, Crooked Still. She graduated from Princeton University in 2009 and was a member of the Princeton University Band. Previously she was a member of Darol Anger's Republic of Strings...

, is also a musician, playing fiddle in the alternative bluegrass band Crooked Still

Crooked Still

Crooked Still is an alternative bluegrass band consisting of vocalist Aoife O'Donovan, banjo player Dr. Gregory Liszt, bassist Corey DiMario, cellist Tristan Clarridge and fiddler Brittany Haas...

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Discography

• Highlander's Farewell 2011 with Alasdair Fraser
• Acoustic Project 2011 with Laura Cortese, Brittany Haas and Hanneke Cassel
• In the Moment 2007 with Alasdair Fraser
• Fire & Grace 2004 with Alasdair Fraser
• Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle Vol. 2 2004 with Alasdair Fraser & Muriel Johnstone
• Crossing Bridges 2004 live with Mark O'Connor's Appalachia Waltz Trio

External links

• http://www.nataliehaas.com/