EDITH MARKMAN, violin, began her studies at age eight with her father and continued with Josef Gingold and Ivan Galamian at the Meadowmount School. After studying with Joseph Silverstein at the New England Conservatory, Edith received her Master of Music and Doctorate of Music at Yale, where she was Concertmaster of the Yale Collegium and Philharmonic orchestra. She has been a member of the first violin section of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the past 26 years.