Violinist Elation Pauls has performed in many of the major concert halls of North America and Europe including Carnegie Hall (NY), Jordan Hall (Boston), Herbst Theatre (San Francisco), the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Leiszhalle (Hamburg) and at the Philharmonie (Berlin). She has performed as soloist in Canada and Germany, premiered many chamber works and summer festivals have included Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Kent/Blossom, Domaine Forget and Banff. As Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Rosamunde Summer Music Academy and Festival, Elation Pauls enjoys bringing international caliber mentoring and artistry to the heart of Canada every August. Since 2009 she has served as Assistant Principal Second Violinist with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. In a recent collaboration with Manitoba’s Polycoro Chamber Choir she performed Bach’s Chaconne, where “She played with heart and soul, her violin carrying us into another realm with the singers’ chorales … deeply moving.” (Holly Harris, Winnipeg Free Press)