Alissa Smith holds music degrees form the Australian National University and the Juilliard School. Her chamber music experience has included recitals at Carnegie Hall; performances at the Park City, Aspen, Bravo! Colorado, Steamboat Springs, and Verbier music festivals; and a residency with the Emerson String Quartet. As a baroque violist, Alissa has appeared with The Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Concert Royal, The New York Collegium, Tempesta di Mare, Apollos Fire, the San Francisco Bach Choir, and the Magnolia Baroque Festival.