American classical violinist and Professor of Violin. Born in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
She studied at the Rice University. In 1985, she became a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and in 1988 rose to the position of Assistant Concertmaster. In 1991, she transferred orchestras when she joined the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra as their Acting Concertmaster for a year. In 1994, she acted as Joint Concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra for the season and she performed in that position again for the 1996 season. When she had completed her second stint with the LSO in 1996, she returned to the Boston Symphony Orchestra as Assistant Concertmaster. She remained with them in that position until 1998 which was around the same time that she married the Boston Pops Orchestra conductor Keith Lockhart. They had a son in 2003/4 but sadly separated in 2005. She then became a member of The Muir String Quartet in 1998. Associate Professor of Violin at the Boston University since 1999.