Erin Furbee

Assistant Concertmaster

At this moment …

We would find Erin finishing a Bikram yoga class. "You basically just stretch and sweat for 90 minutes," she explains. "It's the best yoga I've found for my body issues." After playing a concert Erin is sometimes stiff and sore around her neck and shoulders. "I've had no pain since I've started this class two years ago."

On the CD player …

Erin is currently enjoying Argentinean tango master Astor Piazzolla's Zero Hour. She's also been getting into Django Reinhardt's music and has discovered a local group, The Djangophiles.

In the kitchen …

Erin is always on the go and has little time to cook, but she's picking it up one dish at a time. "I love the food of Argentina: steak, good wine and empanadas with chicken or beef and olives." Her favorite dessert: Ghirardelli dark chocolate brownies.

On the music stand …

Erin is preparing for an upcoming Fear No Music concert, in which she'll make her debut on the theremin, an electronic instrument featured in the Beach Boys' hit, Good Vibrations. "I'm a little freaked out about it," she admits. After watching a video about theremins, Erin became intrigued and bought one. "They're hard to play because you're not touching anything, just moving your hands back and forth in the air."

And on the nightstand …

Pilgrimage to India by Pramila Jayapal. Erin plans to visit India someday. "It's one of those places where the sights and sounds and smells are so wonderful and so horrible and so overwhelming. I think we take things for granted here; it's important to see what the rest of the world is like."

Before you left …

Erin would show you pictures from a summer trip to the Alvord Desert in southeast Oregon near Steens Mountain. "It's an amazingly empty place where animals outnumber humans five to one. In the middle of the desert we hiked into some hot springs and found steaming waterfalls."