CARRIE FREY (viola) is an active performer and educator, focused on working with open, inquisitive musicians and composers and encouraging creativity in her students. A founding member of string trio Chartreuse and string quartet Desdemona, she also coordinates the chamber music program at Bloomingdale School of Music. In New York City, Carrie performs with a number of new music ensembles, including Wavefield, Talea Ensemble, Cantata Profana, Heartbeat Opera, Wet Ink Large Ensemble, toy piano/toy viola duo Wind-Up Elephant, and Quartet Metadata.

As an orchestral musician, she has played with the Greenville Symphony and the Savannah Philharmonic and at festivals around the world, including the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland; Britten-Pears Festival in the UK; Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC; and Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan. Her debut sonata album, The Grey Light of Day, with pianist Robert Fleitz, was released by Wild Iris Productions in 2016.

Carrie is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory (BM) and the Manhattan School of Music Contemporary Performance Program (MM). She is currently pursuing a DMA at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.