Elena Ross is a senior music education major at Shenandoah Conservatory with a concentration in violin performance. She studied under violinists Akemi Takayama, Ellen Jewett, and Rachel Zhao during the past four years. She toured Argentina with the Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jan Wagner in May 2023. She performed in various full-stage opera productions at Shenandoah including Shostakovich's Moscow, Cheryomushki. Elena is excited for this opportunity to perform a baroque opera on tour!