Violist Lauren Nelson is a versatile chamber and orchestral musician who is equally at home on both modern and historically informed instruments. The viola has taken Lauren to concert halls from Boston’s Symphony Hall and Jordan Hall to Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Estates Theatre and the Rudolfinum in Prague. A sought after period violist, she can be seen performing with Boston Baroque, the X-tet, Handel + Haydn Society, Arpeggione Ensemble, Connecticut Early Music Festival, Upper Valley Baroque, ACRONYM Ensemble, RELIC and Winchendon Music Festival. She also performs and records with Emmanuel Music, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Vista Philharmonic, Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Odyssey Opera. Lauren holds degrees in Music Performance from New England Conservatory, the University of Kentucky School of Music, and the Eastman School of Music. Her teachers have included Roger Tapping, Deborah Lander and John Graham.