Ami Campbell (Davolt) holds the title of Associate Concertmaster of the Dallas Opera Orchestra, and this season will again serve as Acting Concertmaster for The Dallas Opera and Guest Concertmaster with The Atlanta Opera. Previously, she held positions in the violin sections of The Seattle Symphony, The St Louis Symphony, The Colorado Symphony (including 1 yr as assistant concertmaster), The Portland Opera and others before settling in Dallas with her husband, DSO trumpeter Russell Campbell. In addition to these positions, she has performed as a frequent sub with The Dallas Symphony for 18 years, and maintains a violin studio. In the summers, Ami takes part in the Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival (Colorado) and The Grand Teton Music Festival (Jackson Hole, WY). Ami’s teachers included Raphael Spiro (Portland, OR), Sally Thomas and Steven Clapp (Juilliard), Henryk Kowalski (Indiana University) and Syoko Aki (Yale University). She was honored to have had additional studies with both Josef Gingold (Indiana) and Dorothy DeLay (Juilliard). Other engagements around the US have included guest artist with Pacific Northwest Ballet (associate concertmaster and soloist), Javalina Chamber Music Festival (which she founded in Tucson, AZ) Seattle Chamber Players, Seattle Opera, Music in the Mountains (Durango), Chintimini Chamber Music Festival (Oregon), Oregon Ballet Theater, Sarasota Opera, Cascade Music Festival, Vancouver Symphony (WA, Concertmaster), The Spoleto Festival and others.