EXPERIENCE

A Chorus Line: Nightingale-Bamford School New York, NY2025

Cassie

• Lead role in musical, “A Chorus Line”, with heavy emphasis on dance and acting skills laid into the role during and around the solo, “Music and the Mirror”.

• Very difficult part to sing, dance and act, paired with vigorous rehearsals after school almost every day.

 

Steps On Broadway: New York, NY Fall 2024

Pre-Professional Program

• Took dance classes at levels A and B, focusing on ballet but including other genres 

    such as hip-hop, tap, jazz, modern, and contemporary.

•  13 hours of dance a week

 

Applause NY: New York, NY 2021-2023

Advanced Musical Theater: Chicago, Showgirl; Charlie Brown, Linus

•  Intense theater rehearsal program for high schoolers interested in musical performance

•  Played as “Linus” in “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” through a severe injury- learned and performed a featured dance and singing number, “My Blanket and Me” on crutches

 

Clue: Nightingale-Bamford School New York, NY 2023

Yvette

• Performed 4 shows as Yvette, with a french accent.

 

School of Rock: New York, NY 2021-2023

Heavy Metal, Punk Rock, Songwriting

• Musical program for kids through high school, specializing in instruments typically found performing in a rock band (i.e., drums, lead/rhythm guitar, bass, vocals, etc).

• Performed vocals, lead and rhythm guitar with several small groups of other teen musicians at venues such as The Cutting Room and Hill Country Barbecue, gaining useful performance experience

• Took private lessons with the same program to strengthen guitar technique and learn music theory; also focused on songwriting

 

Various Musical Ensemble Roles: Nightingale-Bamford School, Applause New York

• Unnamed character from “A Grand Night for Singing” sang “That’s the Way it Happens”

• Lead Ancestor from “The Addams Family”

•“Burger Boy” from “Grease: The Musical”

• Showgirl/dancer, “Chicago: Teen Edition”

 

Model: Hedge, New York, NY 2017-Present  Luxury athletic attire brand

• Lifestyle model: dresses, tops and skirts as a child, age 8, playing tennis and golf.

• Fit model for women’s dresses and skirts, size 6

 

EDUCATION

Nightingale-Bamford, New York, NY 2015-Present, Class of 2027                      

• Focused all electives on various school-provided art programs such as guitar, painting, chamber chorus and music appreciation

 

 Brown University: 3-Week Pre-College Summer Program Summer 2024

Drawing Intensive

• Intensive art program encompassing different illustration mediums such as charcoal, graphite and ink

• Approximately 30 hours a week spent in class, working on homework assignments or long-term projects and series

 

Columbia University: 3-Week Pre-College Summer Program Summer 2025                                     

 Music Appreciation

• Looking forward to exploring the evolution of music across genres and eras, developing skills in active listening, music analysis, and cultural interpretation this July

 

OTHER

Breakwater Yacht Club: Sag Harbor, NY 2020-2024

Sailing Instructor

 • Taught many small groups of children how to sail in JY-15 boats

 • Taught rigging basics, points of sail, parts, technique, racing and safety on watercraft

 • Handled extreme winds with kids, keeping them calm and teaching them how to fix broken parts in a pinch or to right a capsized boat

 

Private Voice Lessons: New York, NY 2021-2022                       

• Took private voice coaching lessons to improve singing skills with a focus on musical 

   theatre              

• Built slating and audition skills while compiling a songbook for future opportunities

 

French Woods: Festival of the Performing Arts Camp, Hancock, NY 2023-2025                              

• 2023: Major: Electric Guitar, Minor: Circus, Poi             

• 2024: Major: Dance, Minor: Circus: Fire Poi   

 

SKILLS

High proficiency in Spanish, guitar, art, singing, multiple dance styles and acting   

 

INTERESTS

Painting, drawing, singing, guitar, cooking and baking, dance, skiing, chemistry, building computers

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