Oriana Hawley is a violist, vocalist, and organizer from New York City. Oriana has performed with groups including Baroklyn, The Knights, Westside Chamber Players, Spiralateraltosis, and other contemporary/traditional ensembles. Oriana founded and directs the benefit concert series BlueBird Concerts, raising funds for local mutual aid groups and providing free, multi-genre concerts in NYC. She has collaborated in special projects with artists Lisa Bielawa, Teddy Abrams, and her contemporaries, and teaches viola and violin around Manhattan. Oriana strives to practice artistic experimentation and celebration in all ways possible. 

She attended the Columbia-Juilliard Exchange Program and Columbia University where she received a BA in Music. Oriana is currently pursuing a Masters of Music in Viola Performance at Mannes School of Music at the New School.