Pamela Fay

Viola

Pamela Fay, viola, is a Vancouver native and a graduate of the University of Toronto, where she studied with Lorand Fenyves. She participated in the Banff Summer Music Festival, where she was coached by William Primrose and members of the Hungarian String Quartet. Ms. Fay has been a member of the Vancouver and Toronto Symphonies and was Assistant Principal Viola of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. Since moving to Philadelphia in 1985, she has performed with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and is a regular substitute with the Philadelphia Orchestra. In addition to being violist with the Amerita and 1807 & Friends chamber ensembles, Ms. Fay is a member of the Wister Quartet and has performed in chamber music concerts with Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, Alicia de Larrocha, Garrick Ohlsson, Andrew Davis, Janos Starker, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Christoph Eschenbach, and Yo-Yo Ma. She teaches and performs at Interlochen in the summer and has recently been performing as principal viola of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra.