After graduating from Oberlin College and Conservatory, where she studied with Gregory Fulkerson as a violin performance major in addition to receiving a Mathematics degree, Myra made the great migration to Chicago, where in addition to performing in the Madison Symphony and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, she teaches at several community music schools in the greater Chicago area. Myra has appeared with fixtures of the Chicago new music scene, including the Morton Feldman Chamber Players, Dal Niente, a.periodic, Mocrep, and NON:op, and is a founding member of string trio Chartreuse and the Houndstooth Quartet. Myra began playing the violin at age 6 with Jung-Kyu Min in Saint Paul, MN. She has attended the Aspen Music Festival and School, National Orchestral Institute, Mimir Chamber Music Festival, National Repertory Orchestra, and Spoleto Festival USA.