Ashley Vandiver is an American-born violinist and violist who joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as Fourth Chair Viola in 2018. Acclaimed by the Denver Post as “wonderfully expressive…polished and carefree,” she has performed in more than thirty countries on five continents.

A Virtuosi of Houston alumna, she was previously a violinist in the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa and spends her summers in the violin section of the Santa Fe Opera. Before immigrating to Canada in 2012, she was a founding member and rotating concertmaster of the Grammy-nominated chamber orchestra A Far Cry. She performs regularly with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, The Knights, the Canadian Opera Company, and the National Ballet of Canada.

She has served on the string faculties of the University of Ottawa, Wellesley College, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Project STEP. She graduated with Distinction in violin performance from the New England Conservatory and holds a Master of Music from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.

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