Violinist Charles Sherba holds the Heidi and Chester Kirk Concertmaster chair of the Rhode Island Philharmonic under music director Larry Rachleff, and has been performing at Monadnock Music since 1991. He is a founding member of the Rhode Island-based ensemble Aurea, and teaches at Brown University and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School. He also serves as concertmaster of the Simon Sinfonietta on Cape Cod, and has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony, The Charleston String Quartet, and served as concertmaster of the West Virginia Symphony, the Atlanta Ballet, and the Atlanta Chamber Orchestra.