Consuelo Sherba (viola) is a founder and co-artistic director of Aurea.  An active chamber musician for many years, she has performed throughout the US as well as in Sweden, France, England and Brazil with the Charleston String Quartet and with her husband, violinist, Charles in the Sherba duo.   She performs with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Vermont Symphony, New Hampshire Symphony, Monadnock Music Festival and as principal violist of the Simon Sinfonietta, where she was featured last year in a performance of the Bruch Double Concerto for violin and viola with her husband, Charles Sherba.  She has also performed with the Milwaukee Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Boston Pops, and as principal violist of the West Virginia Symphony, Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta Chamber Orchestra and Boston Virtuosi.  Other festival appearances include the Grand Teton, Aspen, Colorado Music Festival and  Carvalho Festival in Brazil. She was co-named “Person of the Year for 2007” by the Pawtucket Foundation for her contributions to the arts in Pawtucket, RI.