Mieka Michaux is a versatile orchestral and chamber musician performing in many ensembles on both modern and baroque viola and violin.  Mieka holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Victoria and a Master of Music from Rice University in Houston.  She has also attended the Music Academy of the West, the Banff Centre for the Arts, Orford Centre for the Arts and the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute.  She is a core member of the Victoria Symphony and also regularly performs with one of Canada’s finest new music groups, the Aventa Ensemble, the newly formed ensemble, Victoria Baroque Players and the Emily Carr String Quartet. She has also performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Vancouver Island Symphony, Galiano Ensemble and Pacific Baroque Orchestra.