Ms Lockwood plays an unknown Italian viola from the 18th Century Brescian School. Caroline Stinson (born April 20, 1975 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian soloist, recitalist and chamber musician for concerts of traditional and contemporary repertoire. Having appeared as a soloist at Museum of Modern Art's Summergarden Series, (Le) Poisson Rouge and Bargemusic in New York City; Cité de la musique Strasbourg and the Lucerne Festival in Europe, and the Centennial Centre and Winspear Halls in Canada. Her début CD, Lines, was released in 2011 on Albany Records and she has over a dozen chamber music recordings to her credit. Stinson is a member of the new music and improvisation group, the Open End Ensemble, Co-Artistic Director of the Weekend of Chamber Music (based in the Catskills and is on the faculty of the Juilliard School. Caroline performs on a Thomas Dodd cello from 1800. Lark is presenting a series of programs during the 2016-2017 season to celebrate their 30th Anniversary Season. They will perform their favorite traditional repertoire together with new works commissioned for the anniversary. The final commission invites the original Larks (Laura, Anna, Robyn & Kay) to play a string octet by Andrew Waggoner. The first presented in October 2016 was a percussion quintet by Kenji Bunch with Lark's longtime collaborator Yousif Sheronick, percussion. Anna Weesner is up next to write a clarinet quintet for the Lark Quartet and Todd Palmer. Two exciting string quartets by Stephen Hartke and John Harbison round out the commissions. The Lark Quartet has recorded numerous albums in their 30-year history. These include some of the most significant works of the 20th century for string quartet. Lark has recorded for the Decca/Argo, Arabesque, Bridge, ERI, Endeavor, Koch, Point and New World labels. Recordings include: