She was a founding member of the Cleveland Quartet, along with her former husband, Paul Katz (cellist), and Peter Salaff and Donald Weilerstein (violinists).
She studied violin with Raphael Bronstein and Ivan Galamian and viola with Lillian Fuchs and William Primrose, attending the Curtis Institute, Juilliard School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and the University of Southern California.
In 1969, she was co-winner of the 1969 Geneva International Viola Competition, where she also earned the Max Reger Award.
The Recordings of the Cleveland Quartet, which appear on the RCA Red Seal label, received six Grammy nominations during her tenure.
The quartet was joined by pianist Alfred Brendel for a recording of the Schubert "Trout" Quintet on the Philips label.