Violinist Maria Benotti is Founder and Artistic Director of Music at Eden’s Edge, the regional resident chamber ensemble serving Boston’s North Shore since 1982. She teaches violin, sonata duo class and chamber music at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, where she joined the faculty in 1977. A founding and ongoing member of the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston (1978), she also performs regularly on Baroque and Classical violin with the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in music from Oberlin College and received Master of Music degrees in Violin Performance from both the Catholic University of America and the New England Conservatory of Music. Ms. Benotti has held teaching positions at Northeastern University, Gordon College, and Wheaton College.