Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Carolyn Blackwell has shared the stage with esteemed artists such as Geoff Nuttall, Daniel Phillips and Mayumi Seiler.

Carolyn is a member of the Canadian Opera Company, the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and regularly performs with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the National Ballet of Canada. She has also performed with The English National Opera. As a busy freelancer in Toronto, she is guest violist with the Artists of The Royal Conservatory and the Art of Time Ensemble. She completed her studies with Steven Dann and Nick Pulos.

Carolyn is violist of the Tokai String Quartet as well as an avid chamber musician who performs annually at Cervo Chamber Music Festival (Italy), Open Chamber Music at IMS Prussia Cove (UK) and is a member of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra (Switzerland). She can be heard on CBC and BBC Radio.