Esther Nahm is a second-year Viola Fellow at the New World Symphony. She previously played as assistant principal of the Richmond Symphony for two seasons. Other orchestral positions include the Canton Symphony and principal of the Erie Philharmonic. An avid chamber musician, she has performed alongside artists such as Carol Winsenc, Peter Zazofsky, Bayla Keyes and Marc Johnson, and has received chamber coachings from members of the Brentano, Emerson, Muir, Cleveland, Juilliard and Cavani Quartets. She has participated in various music festivals including the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Festival U.S.A., National Repertory Orchestra, Castleton Music Festival, Banff Centre and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. She earned a bachelor’s degree and a performance certificate from Boston University as a student of Bayla Keyes, Steve Ansell and Ed Gazouleas and a master’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Lynne Ramsey.