She is co-founder and Director of the Max Aronoff Viola Institute Music Festival and Concert Series and is a member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra. She was named College Teacher of the Year by the American String Teachers Association Washington chapter in 1998. Douglas Rice, affiliate artist faculty member, guitar. Rice, a graduate of the Cornish Institute in Seattle, studied with Michael Lorimer and Julian Bream. He has played extensively in the Northwest and has taught at National Guitar Summer Workshops.
Rice is an adjudicator, editor, publisher, and composer of music.
Stephen Schermer, affiliate artist faculty member, double bass. Schermer holds a bachelor of arts degree from Eastern Washington University and a master of arts from the New England Conservatory. He currently serves as Principal Bassist in the Northwest Symphonietta and is a member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra. Patricia McNulty Wooster, affiliate artist faculty member, harp. Wooster holds degrees in music and education and studied harp with Lynne Palmer.