Shain Carrasco

Shain Carrasco started playing cello at age six, and later went to the North Carolina School of the Arts for both high school and college. While in North Carolina, Shain studied cello with Robert Marsh and Marcy Rosen (of the Mendelssohn String Quartet). He moved to San Francisco in 1999 and began his studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. While at the SF Conservatory, Shain studied cello with Jean Michel Fonteneau (of the Ravel String Quartet). He also took both Cello Pedagogy seminars and childhood developmental psychology classes geared toward music education.

Shain performs continuously throughout the Bay Area as a Principal Cellist of the Oakland Opera, and frequent freelance Symphony player for the Berkeley, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Stockton, and Modesto Symphonies and the Reno Philharmonic. Shain enjoys playing all over California and has performed in festivals throughout England, France, Spain and Italy.

In addition to performing, Shain has enjoyed teaching cello for several years, both privately and through public and private schools and festivals

Shain joined the CSMA Music Faculty as a private cello instructor in 2005.

Shain enjoys sharing the love of music with his students, and seeks to develop his students' technique, musicality, enthusiasm, and appreciation of cello.