Elizabeth Adams, violin, has performed throughout Europe and North America as violinist, violist, and pianist, from solo to chamber music to orchestra. She is a regular substitute player with the Baltimore Symphony, a member of the Washington Concert Opera orchestra, and plays in symphony orchestras and in period and modern chamber ensembles throughout the Washington region.
Recent performances include Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, Ravel’s Tzigane, and Stravinsky’s l’Histoire du soldat at National Music Festival; Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire at Catholic University’s International Piano Series; and chamber concerts at Redpath Hall at McGill, University of Maryland, and the Kreeger Museum. Elizabeth has appeared at the Smithsonian Institution, the embassies of Russia, Austria, and Italy, and the American Consulate in St Petersburg, as well as with orchestras at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, het Concertgebouw, Place des Arts, le Centre Bell, and Jordan Hall, among others.
Elizabeth holds an MM in violin and a BA in Russian studies from Yale. She has studied violin and pedagogy extensively in both Russia and North America and holds a doctorate in violin from l’Université de Montréal. Formerly head of strings at George Mason University, Elizabeth currently teaches at Peabody Preparatory in Baltimore. In the summers she performs as a faculty artist at the National Music Festival in Chestertown, Maryland.
