Violinist Maria Conti received her Master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music.  She has performed throughout the United States in solo and chamber music recitals, and toured Venezuela with the Manhattan Symphony Orchestra.

Maria serves as assistant concertmaster of the Norwalk Symphony and acting assistant concertmaster of the Greater Bridgeport Symphony.  She is assistant principal second of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra, assistant concertmaster of Camerata New York, and a member of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic first violin section.

Ms. Conti is also the violinist in the Axis
quintet (string quartet and guitar) and the chamber group Musicora, which blends the sounds of  violin, cello, classical guitar, piano, and voice.

Maria enjoys playing other styles of music in addition to classical.  She sings and plays violin in her original folk rock band, Fearless Juan, which just released their first CD in the fall of 2003.  You can hear their music on the web at:  www.fearlessjuan.com.

A native of Westchester county, Ms. Conti freelances professionally in the Tri-state area and has performed at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Merkin Concert Hall.  Summer of 2004, Maria was invited to join the orchestra of the Berkshire Opera Company in Massachusetts.  She also performed as a soloist in the Hudson Valley Bach Fest, as she has for the last 4 years.

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