Castiglioni, Evelyn Tiffany

Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni, Ph.D., is a professor of neuroscience and toxicology in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University. Evelyn studied concert accordion with her father, Robert S. Tiffany, Jr., classical pedal harp with Gayel Panke Gibson at the University of Texas at El Paso and Laurie Buchanan at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and voice with Lori Joachim Fredericks, formerly with Texas A&M University. She is accordionist with the Texas-based contra dance band “Jalapeño Honey” and arranges all of the band’s music. Evelyn learned about Scottish harp through workshops with Judith Peacock Cummings, Allison Kinnaird, Wendy Stewart, Ann Heymann, Patsy Seddon, and others. She was named Harper of the Day at the Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games and the Ohio Scottish Games in 2004 and the Stone Mountain Highland Games in 2005. She is former president of the Scottish Harp Society of America and teaches workshops on singing with harp.