TEKLA CUNNINGHAM (violin) performs with the American Bach Soloists, Apollo's Fire in Cleveland, Musica Angelica in Los Angeles, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, San Francisco Bach Choir, Santa Fe Pro Musica, and also plays at the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival. Last season, Tekla was a guest artist with the Del Sol String Quartet in San Francisco, and has toured with the Artaria Quartet. With the Novello Quartet, she will be playing all of Joseph Haydn's op. 50 string quartets this year, as well as other classical repertoire at the quartet's new concert series in Alameda. Upcoming projects include concerts of 17th century chamber music with Gli Amici di Buxtehude and concert tours with La Monica. Ms. Cunningham studied history, German literature, and music at Johns Hopkins University and Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD. She continued her musical studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna, Austria with Josef Sivo, former concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic, and graduated with a master's degree from the Conservatory of Music in San Francisco, where she studied with Ian Swenson.