Maggie Slap
Cello
Maggie Slap began playing cello when she was 4 years old. She made her solo debut with orchestra at the age of 13 as a winner of the 2018 Young Musicians Concerto Competition with the Hamden Symphony Orchestra. Maggie was selected as a finalist of the 2020 Hartford Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, first prize winner of the 2020 Hartford Musical Club High School Strings Competition, and soloist with the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra in 2021. Equally passionate about chamber music, her string quartet throughout high school earned victory in the 2019 Honors Chamber Music Competition at the Hartt School Community Division and participated in masterclasses with the Lionsgate Trio and James Dunham. As a freelance chamber musician, Maggie performs in a chamber music series in Rochester, NY, and has offered numerous concerts throughout the tri-state area. She is an alumna of Greenwood Music Camp, Bowdoin International Music Festival, and the Chautauqua Institution. Maggie currently studies cello performance with David Ying at the Eastman School of Music, where she has served as a principal cellist of the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra and Eastman Philharmonia.
