Lauren Byrne plays with the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Hudson Opera Theater Orchestra, and previously was principal viola for the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra. She is a member of the Hudson Valley String Quartet. Ms. Byrne teaches in the Monroe-Woodbury school district, and has a class of private violin and viola students. She received her Bachelor degree at Ithaca College and completed Masters studies in chamber music performance at San Francisco Conservatory.