KRISTINA GILES   VIOLIN/VIOLA

Trained as a classical violist, Dr. Kristina Giles enjoys a varied career on violin and viola and their baroque counterparts. She has become widely known as the first artist to record Campagnoli's 41 Caprices for viola, available to view on YouTube. She has played with the Dallas Opera, Kansas City, Symphony, and Houston Ballet, and is a member of the Berkshire Opera Festival Orchestra and SIREN Baroque.

Dr. Giles has a great passion for teaching, a vocation that she began at age 15. She is the founder and director of the Riverside Community String Ensemble at The Riverside Church. She holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, Rice University, and SUNY Stony Brook, where she studied with Peter Slowik, James Dunham, and Daniel Panner.