Carey Sleeman has been playing the violin for the past 28 years.  Starting when she was 7 and played throughout grade school.  She attended the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam in Potsdam New York where she studied violin with Professor John Lindsey and Nancy Peschko.  Carey received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in music education in 2011 and 2012 respectively.  After completing her degrees, Carey moved to Kenya where she would spend the next 5 years teaching and mentoring young string players and playing with the Nairobi Orchestra.  She then moved back to the United States with her Family and has been teaching in the public school system in Fairfax Virginia and now Fayetteville for the past 5 years.  She is now pursing a career as a curriculum developer and is looking forward to growing her private studio and spending time with her family.