Jodi Levitz, violist of the Ives String Quartet, was principal viola and soloist with the Italian chamber group, I Solisti Veneti, for twelve years, a position she won while still a student at The Juilliard School..  She performed as soloist throughout Europe, South America, the USA, and the Far East, and recorded works of Cambini, Giuliani, Hummel, Porter, Mendelssohn, Rolla, Schoenberg, and Schubert on the Concerto, Dynamic, Naxos, and Erato labels.  She also performed with the Chamber Orchestra of Mantova, National RAI Orchestra, the Orchestra Toscanini of Parma, and the Chamber Orchestra of Tuscany.  She has served on the faculties of the Ars Musica Academy at Imola, Progetto Orchestra, and numerous European summer festivals.  She attended The Juilliard School, Pre-College Division from the age of twelve, and also received her B.M. and M.M. from Juilliard.  Her principal teachers include Margaret Pardee, Paul Doktor, William Lincer, and Doriothy DeLay.  She serves on the board of the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music.