Stephanie Aguilar was born and raised in the Houston area. She began her violin studies at age 5 and her cello studies at age 14. She has been able to apply and transfer her skills to Viola and Double Bass. Throughout her public school years, she has participated and won awards and honors in UIL solo and ense…

Rachel began her music career as many kids do, in sixth grade when most are offered an elective. She knew she loved the cello early on, and worked hard with her teachers to advance into Texas Region and All State Orchestras. Throughout those years, she received scholarships to attend North Texas’ Cello Camp a…

Originally from North Carolina, Abigail Bracewell is an active piano and violin teacher and performer currently centered in Houston, Texas. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro under Marjorie Bagley. She recently finished her Master of Mu…

Originally from Haiti, Kris Jennyma moved to Canada, Ottawa with her family at a young age, where music was a big part of her life. She had the opportunity to study with a number of great violinists, including Barbara Vogel. She received a music scholarship to study at Loyola University of New Orleans where …

Helen Dowd is a native of Lincoln, NE, and comes from a large musical family. At age 6 she
learned violin and piano with both Suzuki and traditional methods and in 8th grade, she began
playing viola and has since performed in many quartets as a violist. As early as high school,
Helen started her own violin…

Jonathan Echevarria began his studies on viola at age sixteen with Philadelphia Orchestra’s Assistant Principal, Kerri Ryan. Prior to viola, Mr. Echevarria studied piano, violin, and cello with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Bay-Atlantic Symphony, and Delaware Symphony. He graduated Cum Laude with a…

Justin L. Green came up through Neighborhood Music School (NMS) in New Haven Connecticut and earned his bachelor’s degree in music from Western Connecticut State University. He has studied classical violin performance since the age of seven and has accumulated years of performance experience through various…

Luis Gutierrez Fonseca began learning the violin at the age of 11 in Guadalajara, Mexico. This past May he received his Bachelor’s degree in violin performance at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music where he studied with Dr. Kirsten Yon.

Luis performs year-round in the Moores Symphony Or…

Kate Hales began her music studies with the violin at age four. When she was nine, she began studying viola, which became her passion. With her training in classical music, Kate has participated in several orchestras, including Wasatch Mountain Camerata, Young Artist Chamber Players, Gifted Music School Orche…

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Miranda Heaner is a graduate of Northwestern University, where she double majored in French and International Studies. Prior to attending college, Ms. Heaner attended the Colburn School of Performing Arts and received instruction in classical piano from Ms. Miji Kim, and was a …