Nina Saito, violin Nina Saito performs with many orchestras and ensembles in the Chicago and Milwaukee regions, including the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra and the Northshore Chamber Arts Ensemble. She also is co-concertmaster of the Light Opera Works orchestra. She previously was a member of the New York City Opera National Company, the Sarasota Opera, and the Illinois Philharmonic. Nina trained with the New World Symphony in Miami, Florida, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. She spent ten summers with the American Institute of American Studies orchestra in Graz, Austria, and participated with the Spoleto Festival orchestra in both Italy and Charleston, SC.
Nina is an enthusiastic Suzuki violin teacher. She has taught at the Suzuki Music School of Lincoln Park for the past ten years and is registered through Book 7. She received her BM from Northwestern University and her MM from the University of Houston.