Hillary Oseas

Hillary Oseas, violist, is an Oregon native, and has been an active member of Portland’s vibrant music community for over twenty years. She fell in love with orchestral playing as a teenager in the Portland Youth Philharmonic, and began working occasionally as a substitute violist in the Oregon Symphony, after taking a local audition at the age of 21. She has been the Principal Violist for the Portland Opera since 2012, and has continued to perform regularly with the Oregon Symphony, as well as being a highly sought out chamber music partner with many local groups, including 45th Parallel and Fear No Music. Ms. Oseas holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she was recipient of the Young Artist String Quartet fellowship, an award usually reserved for graduate students, and was in the viola studio of Helen Callus. Ms. Oseas went on to obtain a Master’s Degree from Rice University, where she served as Teaching Assistant to the incomparable James Dunham. Mr. Dunham introduced Hillary to the rich world of historically informed performance, and she quickly fell captive to its lean ensembles and risk taking performance styles. Hillary has been a core member of the highly esteemed Portland Baroque Orchestra since 2014, and she enjoys dividing her time up among her many and various ensembles: the maximum numbers that share the stage at the Keller Auditorium for Portland Opera, and the intimate and prestigious house concerts performed on period instruments for Portland Baroque Orchestra.