Louise Jaffe, violist, received a Master of Music Degree in Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Ms. Jaffe earned a Bachelor of Music from the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts (PCPA). At Eastman, Louise studied viola with Heidi Castleman, and chamber music with members of the Cleveland Quartet. At PCPA, she studied violin with Charles Castleman, and viola with Patynka Kopec. Other notable musicians with whom Louise has worked include Donald Weilerstein, Mitchell Stern, Edgar Ortenberg, and Abram Loft. Ms. Jaffe began has performed in numerous chamber recitals in the United States and abroad, including concerts in Zurich, Bern, Boltigen, and Castasegna, Switzerland. Louise is a founding member of Elysian Camerata, an active chamber group consisting of two violins, two violas, cello, and piano. She also performs with Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, Gabriel Chamber Ensemble, New Bridge Ensemble (Switzerland), Chadds Ford Strings, ViVaCe Strings, and Fairmount Chamber Ensemble. Ms. Jaffe’s other love is teaching violin and viola. She maintains an active teaching studio of thirty students, working with children of all ages and adults. Louise spends a portion of her summers in Lyndonville, VT where she is faculty violist at Vermont Music and Arts Center.