Marlina Hasara

Viola

Principal

Marlina is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education, with an emphasis in String Pedagogy. She also holds a Masters Degree in Music Education from Duquesne University, and a Masters Degree in Teacher Leadership from the American College of Education. 

Marlina is primarily a violist and has played the viola since the 3rd grade. She has performed in such venues as Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, The Kimmel Center for Performing Arts in Philadelphia, and Carnegie Hall in New York City. In April of 2011, Marlina was honored as the 2011 Outstanding New String Teacher of the Year Award for the Pennsylvania/Delaware chapter of the American String Teachers Association. 

She still enjoys performing in chamber groups around Pittsburgh, as well as performing with the Washington Symphony Orchestra, and the Butler County Symphony Orchestra. She is also trained as a Suzuki teacher and maintains a private violin and viola studio in her home. Marlina has been teaching 4th through 6th Grade Orchestra at Seneca Valley School District since 2015, and taught 4th through 12th Grade Orchestra at Peters Township School District for five years before that.