A recent transplant to Tooele, Cami Shaskin (violin), has been invited to be a local soloist for everything from festivals to business demonstrations, symphony concerts, weddings, and a new ballet written and premiered in Tooele Valley in 2024! She has a Master's degree in Music from UNC in Greeley and got her Bachelor of Art's degree in Music from Brigham Young University. Cami loves playing music with friends. She recorded chamber music with her quartet in high school. (You can hear historic bits of recordings here).

You might have seen Mrs. Shaskin in her assigned role as concertmaster for Tooele's premiere of the religious oratorio Lamb of God or in various professional ensembles in SLC, such as Ballet West, Paradigm Orchestra, or the Utah Oratorio Society orchestra. In 2022, she successfully auditioned to sub with a professional symphony in MT (which turned into two or three throughout the region). In her youth, Cami held the position of assistant concertmaster for the World Youth Symphony Orchestra. She was concertmaster of the Timpanogas Chamber Orchestra, Utah All-State Orchestra, and held other leadership positions as reflected in her music resume. She was a soloist for Busch Gardens-Williamsburg's Holiday in Roma show one summer, and was selected as a collegiate orchestra participant in the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

Cami passed her audition to be a volunteer missionary with the Orchestra at Temple Square as a teenager many years ago, and in essence, grew up participating with the Tabernacle Choir! This lady is honored to be in a position where she can add quality and commitment to the music scene in Tooele Valley.

Jocelyn Sciortino-Shades (piano, viola) has been passionate about music for decades. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from Southern Utah University and her Master's in Music Education with a conducting emphasis from the University of Central Missouri. Mrs. S, as she is often called in her classroom, is familiar with and has successfully taught students to play many different instruments over the years, including violin, viola, cello, string bass, flute, piccolo, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, tuba, voice, piano, guitar, ukelele, and percussion. She is particularly fascinated by the neurological impact music has on individuals. She enjoys teaching band, orchestra, and choir at Excelsior Academy and loves performing in the Tooele Valley Wind Ensemble and Tooele County Symphonic Orchestra.

Several years ago, Jocelyn founded the Tooele Valley Youth Symphony to provide additional opportunities for youth in her community and adores working with and directing young musicians. Playing her viola with friends is the cherry on top. You can find Jocelyn every summer in the mountains, hiking through our gorgeous state of Utah. Among the hundreds of students she teaches every year, the most precious to her are her own eight children.

David Affleck (cello) Picture and Bio coming