Stephanie Baer - Professor of Viola and Chamber Music, Associate Vice Chair of the Department of Music and Performing Arts at NYU/Steinhardt

Noted performer and pedagogue, Professor Stephanie Baer is the Director of String Studies, Professor of Viola and Chamber Music, and Associate Vice Chair of the Department of Music and Performing Arts at NYU/Steinhardt. She has been an active member of the New York musical community for many years. A widely experienced chamber musician, Prof. Baer has toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia and Africa. Ms. Baer has toured throughout the United States as a member of the Arioso Ensemble, has been principal violist and chamber soloist at the Carmel Bach Festival where she performed on baroque and modern violas, and has performed at the Mostly Mozart, the Monadnock and the White Mountains Festivals. Professor Baer is a former member of "New Music Today" and has been a guest artist with The Group for Contemporary Music, the Steve Reich Ensemble and "Meet the Moderns". She has recorded with such artists as Philip Glass, John Adams, Steve Reich and The Modern Jazz Quartet. Ms. Baer was the