Ms. DePasquale joined The Cleveland Orchestra as associate concertmaster in March 1999. She earned a bachelor of music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and did graduate work at Indiana University before her appointment as concertmaster of the Florida Orchestra in 1996 at the age of 22.

She participated in the Marlboro Music Festival for four years and appeared on several of the nationwide Musicians from Marlboro tours. She has also performed at the Caramoor Festival with André Previn, the Evian Music Festival as concertmaster under Mstislav Rostropovich, and the Las Vegas Music Festival, serving on the violin and viola faculties.