Taia received her Bachelor’s of Music in Performance and Master’s in Teaching from the Oberlin Conservatory, under the tutelage of Greg Fulkerson. She has performed with the Philadelphia Opera Company, Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Lancaster Symphony, Delaware Symphony, Haddonfield Symphony, Newtown Chamber Orchestra, Delaware Valley Symphony Orchestra, and has served as concertmaster for the Fairmount Chamber Ensemble and the Mozart & Friends Opera Company in New Jersey. Summer festivals include the Spoleto Festival Orchestra in both the USA and Italy, and the Mt. Gretna Music Festival. She is an active solo and chamber music recitalist. She is a faculty member of Settlement Music School, Temple University Music Prep and Germantown Friends School.