Missy Townsend is a native Tulsan, a graduate of Will Rogers High School and Th University of Tulsa. She has degrees in Music Education and French. She taught for five years in Rogers, AR and for 15 years in Tulsa Public Schools. She has performed with Northwest Arkansas Symphony, Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra, Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra, and she is currently performing with Tulsa Symphony and Signature Symphony. She has participated in many summer festivals, including five years at Opera in the Ozarks where she was principal viola for two seasons, International Workshop in Graz, Austria, where she was assistant principal viola, and International Music Acadamy in the Czech Republic, where she was assigned to two chamber groups. She is currently very busy teaching maintaining a private studio and she loves being the Viola coach for Tulsa Honors Orchestra!