Brass City Charter School

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Tina Lee Hadari, the new Director of Music, Arts, and Citizenship at the Brass City Charter School, is a violinist, educator, and Founder and former Executive Artistic Director of Music Haven, a nationally-awarded community-based arts organization that anchors a string quartet to the lowest-income neighborhoods of New Haven to provide tuition-free intensive musical instruction for 100 “at promise” youth. Before founding Music Haven, Tina toured internationally as a violinist in the Vinca Quartet, a prizewinner of the Fischoff and Plowman Chamber Music competitions.  A dedicated teaching artist, she has also served on the faculties of Apple Hill Chamber Music Center, Point Counterpoint Chamber Music, Opus 118, the Neighborhood Music School, and Boulder Suzuki Strings. Tina holds a B.M. from New England Conservatory, a B.A. from Tufts University, a Master’s degree from the Yale School of Music, and a Doctoral degree from the University of Colorado, where she was a part of the graduate quartet-in-residence under the mentorship of the Takacs Quartet. She currently serves on the board of MusAid and advises a variety of El Sistema-inspired organizations around the country.