Instrument/Position:
Viola
Education:
BA in performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music
Joined the Symphony:
1980
Other orchestras/ensembles/festivals you have or currently play with:
Teatro Reggio opera Orchestra Gruppo d’Archi di Torino Canton (Ohio) Orchestras Monterey Symphony Santa Cruz Symphony Women’s Philharmonic San Jose Symphony
Most memorable musical experience:
Playing with the Woman’s Philharmonic at the Kennedy Center for the Nation Conference of Women. It was a full program and we had to play the Juba Dance from Florence Price’s Second Symphony for an encore 3 times.
If you weren’t a musician, what would you be doing:
I would be a pastry chef
Hobbies:
Reading, baking, and hiking
Favorite vacation spot:
Swiss Alps
What three things can always be found in your refrigerator:
Sourdough starter, more sourdough starter, and yet another sourdough starter
If you could give one piece of advice to your younger self, what would it be:
Practice more!
Do you have a “bucket list” piece of orchestral music that you have yet to play:
I’ve been lucky enough to play everything I’ve ever wanted to play, and much, much more.
