Elizabeth is a modern and baroque violist based in Seattle, Washington. She can be seen  performing with various local ensembles such as the Seattle Chamber Orchestra, the Seattle  Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, the Federal Way  Symphony, in the Fever Candlelight Concerts and in a variety of other chamber music and  orchestral settings. In addition to performing and composing, she is a dedicated teacher of viola,  violin, and piano.  

Elizabeth completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and  Dance, London, where she studied with Violist Matthew Jones and was awarded the Bank/Kurtz  Viola Prize. During her studies in England, she also received masterclass tutelage from Maxim  Rysanov, Helen Callus, Rivka Golani, and Illan Schneider. As a founding member of the  Trafalgar Trio, she performed in numerous chamber music concert series throughout England. In  the spring of 2013, Elizabeth was selected to be a part of the K12 collaboration project with the  Krakow Academy, performing as the violist of the chamber orchestra in Britten’s War Requiem  in Poland.  

Elizabeth completed her Master of Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studying  with the esteemed Jodi Levitz. During this time she also developed a love for historical  performance and baroque music, studying baroque viola with the world-renowned baroque  violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock. In 2017, she won the SFCM Baroque Concerto Competition  and had the opportunity to perform the Telemann Viola Concerto with the SFCM Baroque  Ensemble.  

Elizabeth moved to Berlin, Germany in 2018, where she toured with the Berliner Camerata throughout Norway, premiered contemporary pieces at Savvy Contemporary Berlin, performed  early music in the Alte Musik Fest Friedenauer, and won the Neustart Kultur Deutchemusikrat Grant to complete her composition for viola and dancers. During these years she released an  album with her first band, White Night, which included songs nominated by the German  Songwriting Awards, as well as her first solo pop album “Mine”, under the artist name Ela Ira.