DARIA D'ANDREA (viola) lives in San Francisco where she is a respected member of the early music community. Daria first became interested in early music while working with Laurette Goldberg at the San Francisco Conservatory. Much of her period instrument training was in Europe where she worked with outstanding leaders of the early music movement including Roy Goodman, Ton Koopman, Andrew Manze and Jaap Ter Linden. While living in Oxford, England, Daria toured Europe extensively playing viola with the European Community Baroque Orchestra. Since 1996, she has specialized in solo recitals with fortepiano, exploring solo and chamber literature of the late 18th century. Along with her American Bach Soloists appearances, Daria has performed with Philharmonia Baroque, Magnificat, San Francisco Bach Choir, City Concert Opera, California Bach Society, Ensemble Mirable, Arcangeli Baroque and Trinity Consort(Portland,OR). Daria studied in Oxford, England with noted pedagogue Kato Havas. She is an alumnus of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Reed College. Daria teaches violin and viola at the University of San Francisco and at the San Francisco Waldorf Schools. Some career highlights for her have been performing Monteverdi's Orfeo with Alan Curtis at UC Berkeley, being onstage with Luciano Pavarotti, and playing for the Dalai Lama in St Ignatius Church, San Francisco.