Heather Marsico is a Viola and Violin teacher from West Virginia University where she majored in Music. There, she studied viola under Andrea Priester Houde and her educational background has been focused on solo and chamber performance.

Originally from Maryland, Heather began learning the viola at the a…

Shelby Mass started playing the violin at age 4 and has been passionate about performing ever since! She grew up homeschooled in Wilmington, Ohio where she often played her violin for the chickens and goats on her family farm. She commuted to the nearest city for youth orchestra rehearsals multiple days a wee…

Katie McCarthy hails from Annapolis, MD. Based in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area, she holds a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from The University of Maryland. She is currently pursuing her Master of Music in Cello Performance, also at UMD, under the tutelage of Dr. Eric Kutz. She has perform…

Alex McConnell, a native of Chesapeake, Virginia, has been playing violin since age ten. He is a senior music education major who is currently a student of Dr. Elizabeth Adams. He has previously studied with Jennifer Kim, and Dr. Laura Kobayashi. Due to his passion for education, Alex has immersed himself int…

Nate McLean is an accomplished teacher, performer, and music engineer based in the Northern VA area. As a multi-instrumentalist, he teaches violin, guitar, and piano to students as young as age 5 through adults.

Nate began playing the violin at the age of 5 following the Suzuki method. He began his piano…

Born in Port-au-Prince Haiti, Rose Nadine Michel showed great musical abilities at an early age. She joined the Sainte Trinite Music program at the age of 7, and later joined the Orchestre Philarmonique Sainte Trinite, the premiere Youth orchestra in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After her primary and secondary st…

Zoë Miller is a professional violinist and music educator based in the Washington DC area.

Born in Connecticut, Zoë Miller began studying violin at the age of 6 and continued her professional musical studies in New York City at the Manhattan School of Music where she graduated from the Precollege Divisio…

McKenna has made violin her life for 15 years now. From an early age her family instilled in her the importance of music in childhood by enrolling her in the music magnet program at Parker Elementary where she was Suzuki trained. McKenna followed this passion for the violin into middle and high school where, …

Violin and Viola teacher Karl Mitze received his Master’s in Viola Performance from the University of Maryland where he studied with Daniel Foster, principal of the National Symphony. Originally from Dade City, FL, he received his Bachelor’s of Music from the McDuffie Center for Strings in Macon, GA. He curre…

Rachel Moes is a well-rounded performer and educator who aims to make human connections to promote empathy and equality in her corner of the world.

Rachel’s singing journey began at 6 years old, when she joined the Sunshine Singers at her home church in Denver, Colorado. She has fond memories of imitating…