An active chamber musician, soloist, and recording artist, Madeline Prager has performed extensively in Europe and the United States. In March 2007 she premiered “White Boy, Man Invisible”, a newly written Viola Concerto by renowned Bay Area composer Kurt Rohde with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. She has premiered and recorded the recently discovered octet by Max Bruch on the CPO label with the Ulf Hoelscher ensemble, has attended the Marlboro Music Festival, and performs currently with many local ensembles. Madeline holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Detmold Music Conservatory in Germany. Her principal teachers were Detlev Olshausen and Bruno Giuranna. Ms Prager has served as principal violist of the Wuerttemberg Chamber Orchestra and the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra in Germany. Currently she is on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She has taught on 3 German college faculties, most recently for 10 years as Professor of Viola at the Music Conservatory in Karlsruhe, and at University of the Pacific. In addition to playing as much chamber music as possible, Madeline Prager is an avid supporter of public education, teaching strings in the Berkeley Unified School District.