Monica Scott, cello, has performed throughout the United States, in almost every European country, Argentina, Canada and South Korea, engaging audiences with her energetic, eloquent playing. After an artist residency at the Banff Centre (Canada) in 1994, Monica performed for four seasons with the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa in Portugal, with whom she also appeared as concerto soloist. Since moving to the Bay Area in 1998, Monica has been actively promoting new music, as a member of the composer/improviser collective sfSoundGroup, and performing with Composers’ Inc., the Composers Alliance, and in numerous chamber music groups; she was the cellist of the award-winning San Francisco-based Del Sol String Quartet from 2001-2005. In 2006 Monica formed the cello-piano duo martha & monica with pianist Hadley McCarroll. In addition to her playing, Monica is part of LIGHTFAST - two visual artists, a writer and herself as composer, video artist and performer, and has been increasingly interested in composition. Monica is also a devoted teacher, and has a lovely studio of children and adults, with whom she shares her fascination for all genres of music, especially encouraging everyone to participate in chamber music.