Debra Graham has been with the Philharmonic since 1987 and has Viola Performance degrees from Wheaton College and Indiana University. She has performed with the Chicago Civic, Knoxville Symphony and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra as well as the surrounding area. She has taught at Northeast Indiana Talent Education, Indiana Wesleyan University and private studio. In 2018 she founded the Fort Wayne Terrible Orchestra, a group of amateur musicians that has grown to a 50 member orchestra, which she directs and presents concerts twice a year. She is married to Bruce, fellow violist, and has a daughter, son-in-law, and cute granddaughter.