An active and versatile performer, violist Rainey Weber is based in Houston, Texas, where she is currently the violist of the Carya String Quartet and St. Andrew’s Strings. Highlights from recent seasons include the world premiere of Noir, a new musical by Duncan Sheik and Keith Jarrow, at the Alley Theater in June 2022, the Meditations on Bach series published by the Carya String Quartet as a response to the pandemic in the 2020/2021 season, and the premiere of Suite Terra Nostra with the Terra Nostra Ensemble at the 14th Annual Latin American Cultural Week in New York City in November of 2019. Ms. Weber has been a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and the Aspen Music Festival and School, and as a founding member of the Judson String Quartet, she served as the violist for the 2014 Quartet-in-Residence Program at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, where she performed, taught privately, and mentored students in the Advanced String Quartet Institute.

Committed to education and community engagement, Ms. Weber has collaborated extensively on the development of educational outreach programs for preschoolers, elementary school students, middle school students, and adults. She also serves as President of the Board for the Houston Viola Society, is a sectional coach and teaching artist for the Houston Youth Symphony, and maintains a private studio of viola and violin students. Ms. Weber has a Masters of Music in viola performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she was a student of Lynne Ramsey. She earned her bachelor’s degree (magna cum laude) at Rice University, under the study of James Dunham.