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Betsy Heston is Assistant Principal Bass of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. She joined the Orchestra in the 1990-91 season. Before coming to Pittsburgh she was a member of the New Orleans Philharmonic. At that time she was an adjunct professor at Loyola University.

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Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Ms. Heston played with the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra for three years and studied with PSO bassist Tony Bianco before attending the University of Cincinnati/College-Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Barry Green, and earned her Bachelor of Music degree in 1975. She currently teaches at Chatham University.

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This biography was provided from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra