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Born into a musical family, Clara Shandler fell in love with the cello when she was just three years old. Her training as a classical musician focused on chamber music throughout her youth and she has since transformed those skills to play in rock bands, fiddle troupes, traditional Persian ensembles, new music groups and so much more. Clara completed her Bachelor of Music degree at UBC by teaching private cello students and sharing her music in a wide variety of private and public performances. She is now both the assistant strings teacher at the West Point Grey Academy and VP of the East Vancouver Community Music School. She travels to Cambodia and Burma every winter in order to share and teach music as part of a budding music program called 'Singing Tree'. (For more visit: www.sidewalkcellist.com or www.singingtree.ca)