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Abigail Bracewell – Violin

10349263591171CDP Abigail started playing the violin when she was eight years old. She has studied under Stephanie Ezerman, Karen Collins, and Marjorie Bagley. She has played youth symphonies in Winston Salem for three years and in the Greensboro Youth Symphony for one year where she won first place in the yearly GSYO Concerto Competition. She has attended UNCSA Chamber Music Camp in 2012 and Brevard Music Festival in 2014. Abigail is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance under Marjorie Bagley at UNCG. She enjoys playing in her family’s string quartet, performing at nursing homes, weddings and church.

To Educate. To Entertain. To Inspire.

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is a professional, regional orchestra whose mission is to educate, entertain, and inspire the citizens of the Fayetteville, North Carolina region as the leading musical resource. Praised for its artistic excellence, the Symphony leads in the cultural and educational landscape for Fayetteville and the southeastern North Carolina region.

The Fayetteville Symphony performs 6-8 concerts during any given season performing both at Methodist University and Fayetteville State University. Partnerships with other arts agencies include collaborative performances with Cape Fear Regional Theatre, chamber concerts at St. John’s Episcopal Church, as well as a military appreciation concert held over Memorial Day Weekend. The Symphony brings music to the schools and the community by performing educational concerts, as well as having its own Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra and Summer Music Camps.