Elizabeth O’Hara is a free-lance violist in Northern Virginia. A native of Hershey, PA, Elizabeth graduated from Temple University with a Bachelor of Music in viola performance, where in her senior year she served as assistant principal of the Temple University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Luis Biava of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She received her Master of Music degree in viola performance from The Catholic University of America, where she performed with the CUA Symphony Orchestra as both principal and section violist. Elizabeth has also performed in several premier ensembles as both principal and section violist throughout the DC Metro, Philadelphia, and south-central PA areas. These ensembles include the Amadeus Orchestra of Northern VA, American Festival Pops Orchestra, Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Apollo Orchestra, Arlington Philharmonic, Chambersburg Ballet, Festival of the Youth Orchestras of America in San Juan, PR, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra, Haddonfield Symphony (now Symphony in C), Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Shippensburg Festival Orchestra, and York Symphony Orchestra, and others.