Frank Shaw, viola Frank Shaw, violist, has performed throughout the United States, South America and Canada, and is now living in Boston and studying at the New England Conservatory with violist Martha Strongin Katz. He received his Bachelor?s and Master?s degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music after graduating from the Interlochen Arts Academy in 2000. A native of Blacksburg, Virginia, Frank explored the piano, violin and percussion at an early age. Frank has participated in numerous music festivals, including the Meadowmount School of Music, International Musicians? Seminar at Prussia Cove, Taos School of Music, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, and Music@Menlo, working with members of the Audubon, Cleveland, Emerson, Fine Arts, Guarneri, Juilliard, and Takács String Quartets. In addition to being founding violist fo the Brando and Luna String Quartets, Frank is currently very active as a founding and touring member of the dynamic Boston-based chamber orchestra, A Far Cry. In his spare time, Frank enjoys the culinary arts.