Originally from Northern Ontario Canada, Ms. Salo moved to Greenwood Lake, NY in 2003. In 2002 Ms. Salo completed her Masters Degree in Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music. She graduated with her Bachelor of music degree, summa cum laude, from the Hartt School of Music in 2001, where she was given the undergraduate award of excellence for winds, brass and percussion. Ms. Salo has performed as a substitute with the Richmond Symphony (VA) and The Rochester Oratorio Society in the United States; the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, the North Bay Symphony Orchestra, and the Sault Ste. Marie Symphony Orchestras in Canada. In December of 2001 Ms. Salo performed at the United Nations, with a subsequent recording at Edison Studios, NYC. In March 2002 she traveled to London, England as a guest in residence at the American School. Ms. Salo recently performed the American premiere of John Zorn’s Rituals at Cooper Union, NYC. Ms. Salo has participated in The Henry Mancini Institute and the Aspen Music Festival and School as well as having been a member of the Canadian Armed Forces - Band of the Ceremonial Guard. She has performed solo recitals in Rochester, NY; Hartford, CT; and Sudbury, ON and is planning the premiere of a concerto by Desh Hindle in 2003. Her principal teachers have included Dr. John Marcellus, Mr. Ralph Sauer, Dr. Ronald Borror, Mr. Douglas Burden, Dr. Per Brevig, and Dr. Charlotte Leonard.