Elizabeth Macdonald, viola da gamba, teaches cello and viola da gamba at Washington University in St. Louis, where she is Director of Strings and conductor of the chamber orchestra. As principal cellist of the Scottish Baroque Ensemble of Edinburgh, Ms. Macdonald has toured most of the countries of both Western and Eastern Europe. Among her recordings are a number for the British Broadcasting Corp. Ms. Macdonald studied cello with Janos Starker at Indiana University and viola da gamba with Catharina Meints at the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute.