Ariel began studying violin at the age of 9, and since then has earned a Masters in Music for Violin Performance from San Francisco State University. She has many years of performance experience, as well as teaching experience in violin, guitar, and piano, and can put together any ensemble for your event needs - strings, strings with piano, full band, and more. She plays concertmaster for Les Ameriquains, a baroque dance band, has sat concertmaster for the Echo Chamber Orchestra in Marin which focuses on modern compositions as well as favorite long-standing repertoire, plays and composes music for CAPO (Composer Arranger Performer Orchestra) and her composer collective, and has also played with multiple artists and groups, including Miss Lauryn Hill and the Fugees, Stockton Symphony, Chuck Prophet, Meernaa, Oakland Symphony, Jazz Mafia, Bicicletas Por La Paz, Awesome Orchestra, Matt Montgomery, Sapphire Lung, Django Moves to Portland, and more. She has recorded for Aneesa Strings, Artemisia, Catch Prichard, Rachel Lark, and more.