Judith Ablon is a native of Brooklyn, New York. She holds a Master of Music degree in viola performance from Indiana University where she was a student of Abraham Skernick. While at Indiana, Judith won the Bartok Concerto Competition and performed as a soloist with the Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra. As part of her training, she spent three summers as a fellow at Tanglewood, where she performed as principal violist under Leonard Bernstein and received the Cynthia Busch Award given to the most outstanding violist. Judith has been a member of The Nashville Symphony since 1995 and a member of the Grand Teton Music Festival since 1991. Previously, she was associate principal violist with the Omaha Symphony and principal violist with the Nebraska Chamber Orchestra.