Violinist Emma Shook, a native of Oregon, is a member of the Cleveland Orchestra and an active chamber musician.  Before joining the Cleveland Orchestra in the fall of 2001, she was a member of the Chicago Lyric Opera orchestra and the Santa Fe Opera orchestra.  Ms. Shook received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Juilliard School, where she was a scholarship student of Dorothy DeLay and Hyo Kang.  She studied chamber music with Felix Galimir, the Juilliard String Quartet, Samuel Sanders, Michael Tree, the American String Quartet, and Robert McDonald.  At Juilliard, she co-founded a conductorless chamber orchestra, and in 1992 won the Peter Mennin prize for outstanding musical achievement. Ms. Shook has performed in recital in Oregon, New York, New Mexico, Illinois, Vermont and Wisconsin and has given many chamber music concerts in the United States and Europe, including a performance in 1992 with Jean-Pierre Rampal.  She lives in Cleveland Heights with her family, and enjoys gardening, yoga, the outdoors, good friends, and good food.