About Us

Amanda Nix, Founder - Violin

Education: BM Texas Tech University

MM Cleveland Institute of Music

Experience: Sarasota Orchestra, Sarasota Opera, Orlando Philharmonic, Southwest Florida Orchestra, The Florida Orchestra, Gainesville Symphony Orchestra, Brevard Philharmonic, Opera Tampa, Charlottesville Opera, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater

Career Highlights: Solo Violinst on the International and National tours of Disney's Beauty and the Beast and Joesph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamCoat

Community: Strings Con Brio, Tiny Music Pods, Booker High School, Gulf Coast Homeschool Fine Arts, Manatee Community Concert Band, Sarasota Youth Opera, Key Choral, Gloria Musica, Ensemble New SRQ, Upward Notes

Mia Laity - Violin

Education: Pre-College Colburn School of the Performing Arts

BM Manhattan School of Music

MM Indiana University

Experience: Sarasota Orchestra, Adelphi Quartet, National Orchestra Institute, Charlottesville Opera

Career Highlights: Soloist - Tchaikovsky Concerto Orquestra Sinfonica Illes Balears Spain, Converse Records, Warner Brothers Studios and Naxos recording artist

Community: Ensemble New SRQ, Upward Notes, Key Chorale

Laurel Borden - Viola

Education: BM University of Michigan

MM Manhattan School of Music

Experience: Sarasota Opera, The Florida Orchestra, Sarasota Orchestra, St Petersburg Opera Company, Opera Tampa, Florida Grand Opera, Palm Beach Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Jacksonville Symphony, Southwest Florida Symphony, Charlottesville Opera, Artosphere Festival Orchestra, Sun Valley Music Festival

Career Highlights: Performed with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra

Community: Classical Revolution St Pete, Ensemble New SRQ Palladium Chamber Players

Troy Chang - Cello

Education: BA Brown University

MM Manhattan School of Music

Experience: Sarasota Orchestra, Sarasota Opera, Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, Artosphere Festival Orchestra, Charlottesville Opera, The Florida Orchestra

Career Highlights: Performing with the Dover Quartet and performing Vox Balaenae for George Crumb