Emily Onderdonk, viola, a native of San Francisco, received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the Manhattan School of Music, and continued with post-graduate studies at Boston University and the New England Conservatory of Music. She studied with Raphael Bronstein, James Buswell and Daniel Kobalka. Ms. Onderdonk has performed as principal violist with the Lyon National Opera in France, and has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the New Jersey Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Opera. She was principal violist with the New York City National Opera Company and the Berkeley Symphony. Emily is currently a member of the Santa Rosa Symphony, and is principal violist with the Sacramento Philharmonic.