Violist Carrie Dreyer Fischer received her degree in Orchestral Performance from Manhattan School of Music. She also earned degrees viola performance from the University of Maryland and University of Oregon. Ms. Fischer appeared as a soloist with the Chelsea Symphony in New York City performing Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante. As a chamber musician, she has performed with Trio Con Brio, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Verbier Chamber Orchestra, and the Brussels Chamber Orchestra. While in New York, she played regularly at Carnegie Hall with the New England Symphonic Ensemble. In the summer, she plays in the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra in western New York. She has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic, North Carolina Opera, Richmond Symphony, New World Symphony, and the Concert Artists of Baltimore. As a member of the Verbier Festival and Chamber Orchestras, she toured throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, the US, and Canada. Ms. Fischer teaches at the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, where she resides with her husband, violist Christopher Fischer and their two daughters.