Oriana Hawley is a violist, vocalist, writer, and organizer from New York City. Oriana has performed with musical groups including Baroklyn, the Westside Chamber Players, Spiralateraltosis, and other contemporary/traditional ensembles. Oriana works in arts administration at the Kaufman Music Center and founded/directs the benefit concert series BlueBird Concerts, and has collaborated in projects with artists Lisa Bielawa, Teddy Abrams, and others. Oriana believes strongly in and strives to practice inter-genre and cross-disciplinary improvisation and 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.