Elizabeth Oakes, viola

ELIZABETH OAKES is a founding member of the Maia Quartet, which is currently on faculty at the University of Iowa. As a member of the quartet, she has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Japan and has performed in venues including Alice Tully Hall and the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater.

A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, Ms. Oakes received a Bachelor of Music degree in viola performance as a student of Jeffrey Irvine. She continued with a Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music with Heidi Castleman and a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory of Music with Paul Coletti. At the Juilliard School, she served as a teaching assistant to Sam Rhodes of the Juilliard Quartet and subsequently served on the chamber music faculty of the Peabody Conservatory.

Ms. Oakes was a founder of the Foothills Chamber Music Festival in North Carolina and served both as one of its directors and regular performers. Solo performances with orchestra have included concerts with the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra. She has served as assistant principal of the Canton (OH) Symphony Orchestra and as principal of both the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra and the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra.

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