Claire Sakai Hazzard
Violin
Born and raised in Honolulu, Claire Sakai Hazzard is a graduate of Roosevelt High School and the University of Hawaii where she received a B.A. cum laude in Psychology. She was a member of the Hawaii Youth Symphony for five years and served as concertmaster during her senior year. After several years as a violinist with the Don Ho Show, she joined the Honolulu Symphony in 1975 and has been Associate Concertmaster since 1987.
A founding member of the Galliard String Quartet, Claire was also second violinist with the University of Hawaii faculty string quartet and has participated in the Grand Teton, Peter Britt, Rome, Kapalua, and Maui Chamber Music Festivals. Apart from private teaching, she has also been a chamber music coach at various private schools and local music associations including the Hawaii Youth Symphony. Her teachers have included Honolulu Symphony violinists Arthur Loventhal, Betty Deeg, and LaVar Krantz, as well as Joachim Chassman, Miwako Watanabe, and Yoko Matsuda--violinists in Southern California.
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