Alissa Smith, Viola

ALISSA SMITH, violist, holds music degrees from the Australian National University and the Juilliard School, where she was a Teaching Fellow. Her chamber music experience has included recitals at Carnegie Hall; performances at the Park City, Aspen, Bravo! Colorado, Steamboat Springs, and Verbier music festivals; and a residency with the Emerson String Quartet. A versatile performer on modern and baroque violas, Alissa has appeared with The Knights at the Tanglewood and Ravinia Festivals, and toured Australia and North America with The Australian Chamber Orchestra. She has performed with the New York City Ballet, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, American Composers Orchestra, Klangforum Wien, and the Houston Symphony Orchestra. International festival appearances include the Sydney Festival alongside Lou Reed, and at the Istanbul International Jazz Festival.  On Broadway, she has held a number of viola chairs, including for South Pacific, American in Paris, If Then, and most recently for Harry Connick - A Celebration of Cole Porter. As a baroque violist, Alissa has performed with Clarion, NYBI, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, The Sebastians, Opera Layfayette, and at the Staunton and Carmel Bach Festivals. Alissa can be heard on numerous movie soundtracks including “Casanova”, “Julie and Julia,” “True Grit,” and “Keeping Up with the Joneses”; on period instrument recordings of Bach Motets (The Trinity Choir) and Mozart Symphonies (Apollo’s Fire); and on the multi Grammy Award winning album “Winter Morning Walks” with The Australian Chamber Orchestra.