LISA WEISS (violin) lives with her husband and three teenagers on a few acres of an old almond orchard in Solano County. She works with several turtle and tortoise conservation organizations focusing on captive breeding for critically endangered species, public education, and rehab. She is an enthusiastic ultramarathon runner and also loves hiking, geocaching, Bartok, knitting, and puzzles. Musical activities over the last few years have included performing locally with ABS and Philharmonia Baroque as a concertmaster and soloist, concerts in Germany and Scotland as lead violin with the Bach Ensemble, a season as guest principal violin with Earplay, touring in England, Amsterdam, Germany and the U.S. with PBO, and she is a principal player with the Festival Orchestra Göttingen at the International Handel Festival.  With the New Esterhazy Quartet, she is currently preparing to perform the complete string quartets of Haydn during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 concert seasons.