Violinist Katherine Fong has been a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2000. A native of Amarillo, Texas, she began playing at age four. Katherine leads a multifaceted existence as an orchestral musician, chamber musician, entrepreneur, studio musician, and mother.
Katherine serves as Executive Director, personnel manager, and performing mentor with the Second Ending Ensemble, whose mission is to pair warhorse symphonic works with those borne just months or weeks prior to performance by up-and-coming composers. The ensemble also combines outstanding Juilliard and other NYC area conservatory students with members of the Metropolitan Orchestra and New York Philharmonic. She is also founder and spokesperson for Luxitune for which she has designed bejeweled fine tuners for string instruments. Katherine received a Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory and continued her studies at the Juilliard School, where she received her Master of Music degree. She is proud mommy to Zeke (age 13), Lila (age 10), and is married to violist Dov Scheindlin.