Kirby featured in Smith news

Smith

[Kirby] Vasquez was an 8-year-old spending afternoons in a local daycare when Community MusicWorks staff members visited to teach children string instruments.

“Someone asked me, ‘Would you like to sign up to play the cello?’” she said. “I had no idea what that was.”

She came to know it well. After dabbling in the instrument for a couple years, Vasquez considered quitting until her cello teacher convinced her to stick with it. Later, at age 15, she began teaching others who frequented the program.

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