Aiden Kane, viola (Los Angeles, CA), is an M.M. student at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she studies with Mr. Paul Coletti. Prior to attending the Colburn Conservatory, she studied with the National Symphony Orchestra’s principal violist Daniel Foster through the orchestra’s Youth Fellowship Program. As the violist of the Calla Quartet, Aiden was awarded the Silver medal at the 2015 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. With the quartet, she performed throughout Los Angeles at venues including the Carnegie Lecture Series, The Sierra Madre Playhouse, and the Norton Simon Museum’s Musical Compositions series. In addition, the quartet performed at out-of-state venues such as The Carthage College Chamber Music Series and the Darnton & Hersh LaunchPad series. In February 2015, the quartet worked with Colburn’s theater director Debbie Devine to produce Colburn’s first Musical Encounters outreach concert. Last summer, Aiden attended the Perlman Music Program’s Chamber Music Workshop and the Bravo International Music Academy. In 2015, as the violist of the Calla Quartet, she attended the Perlman Music Program’s Chamber Music Residency, the Mimir Chamber Music Festival in Texas, and the Mimir Festival’s residency in Australia. Previously, Aiden attended the Perlman Music Program’s Summer Music School from 2012 to 2014, and the Heifetz International Music Institute in 2011.