Kathleen Sloan is an American violinist based in Los Angeles, CA and a member of the Sonus Quartet

Sonus Quartet

Sonus Quartet is a Los Angeles based string quartet whose members include Caroline Campbell , Kathleen Sloan , Neel Hammond , and Vanessa Freebairn-Smith...

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Early Life

Sloan grew up in a ranching family in Breckenridge, TX. At 15, Sloan left home and enrolled in the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music

Cleveland Institute of Music

The Cleveland Institute of Music is an independent music conservatory located in the University Circle district of Cleveland, Ohio, United States and is overseen by president Joel Smirnoff and Adrian Daly, dean....

 where she completed high school while beginning her bachelors of music at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of David Cerone

David Cerone

David Cerone was a co-founder of the ENCORE School for Strings, where he co-directed and served as faculty member since 1985. Mr. Cerone serves as a juror for many prominent national and international violin competitions and presents master classes around the world. An active chamber musician, he...

. She later graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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Career

Sloan was a member of the Houston Grand Opera

Houston Grand Opera

Houston Grand Opera Houston Grand Opera was founded in 1955 through the joint efforts of Maestro Walter Herbert and cultural leaders Mrs. Louis G. Lobit, Edward Bing and Charles Cockrell...

 and Houston Ballet Orchestra

Houston Ballet

The Houston Ballet, operated by the Houston Ballet Foundation, is the fourth-largest professional ballet company in the United States, based in Houston, Texas. The foundation also maintains a ballet academy, the Ben Stevenson Academy, which trains more than half of the company's dancers...

 from 2004 to 2009, and joined the Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 based Sonus Quartet

Sonus Quartet

Sonus Quartet is a Los Angeles based string quartet whose members include Caroline Campbell , Kathleen Sloan , Neel Hammond , and Vanessa Freebairn-Smith...

in 2008. She also served as Concertmaster for the Abilene Philharmonic for two seasons.