Mary Carson, viola, received her Bachelor of Music Performance from the University of Washington where she studied under Helen Callus. She received her Master of Music Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and studied with Jodi Levitz. Ms. Carson has worked with the Billings Symphony, Helena Symphony, Modesto Symphony, Fremont Symphony, Sacramento Philharmonic, Stockton Symphony, and the Sacramento Chorale Society Orchestra. As a chamber musician, she has performed with Music for Life, Montgomery Quartet, Lozzo Atestino Pro Musica, and the San Francisco Punk Rock Orchestra; she has also performed with a variety of live bands ranging from the Indian Festival of Light to Mannheim Steamroller. As the violist of the Meritage Quartet, Ms. Carson has toured Montana, Wyoming, and Utah, and has performed with the Muir Quartet. Ms. Carson is currently the principal violist of the Bozeman Symphony, Intermountain Opera, and the Montana Ballet Orchestra, and is on faculty at the Red Lodge Music Festival. She also teaches violin and viola in Bozeman.