Melissa Trier Kirk is a member of the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. She began her career as principal viola of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, where she was featured as a frequent soloist and chamber musician, and she’s performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Music of the Baroque, and the Haymarket Opera Orchestra.

 

As a chamber musician, Kirk has been heard on the International Music Foundation’s Rush Hour Concerts series and on WFMT’s Chamber Music series. She helps to organize and performs with the Bach Week Festival, a yearly spring ritual featuring the music of J. S. Bach held in her home city of Evanston, Illinois.

 

Kirk holds a bachelor of music degree from Northwestern University, where she studied with Robert Swan.