Shaleah Feinstein is a New York based violinist who currently serves as a substitute violinist with The Metropolitan Opera and was contracted with the San Francisco Opera during the summer of 2023. Since getting her Master’s degree at The Juilliard School, she has been acting as Jon Batiste’s violinist/contractor, performing as principal second violin of the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra, and playing with a range of orchestras across the city. Her recording credits span film and album projects, and she has performed alongside artists such as Ed Sheeran, Halsey, and Kygo. While attending her undergraduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music, she was a contracted first violinist with the Canton and Akron Symphonies, and Principal Second Violin of the Cleveland Opera. From a very early age, Shaleah has been passionate and heavily involved in chamber music. She has coached with members of the Juilliard, Emerson, Dover, Orpheus, Turtle Island, Del Sol, Cavani, Orion, and Alexander String Quartets, as well as regularly performing in different chamber series’ around the country.