I grew up in northern Utah in a family that encouraged music-making from a young age. Some of my earliest memories include singing around the campfire, performing duets at churches and community events, and, thanks to a neighbor down the street, starting violin lessons at age five. According to my mother, I didn’t put the instrument down for an entire year, and since then, the violin has been an integral part of my life.

As I continued on my musical path, I began to ask deeper questions: What role does classical music play in today’s world? How can it stay relevant to the communities around us? I didn’t get a definitive answer until my freshman year of college, when I performed a Mozart string quartet for residents at a halfway home in Los Angeles. The performance sparked joy, conversation, and a profound sense of connection between the musicians and the audience. Since then, I’ve been passionate about creating similar community-centered performance opportunities.

I am deeply grateful for the musical education I received in the Salt Lake Valley, which laid the foundation for a lifelong passion for classical music. I continued my studies at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, the New England Conservatory, and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Over the years, I have had the privilege of collaborating with esteemed artists such as Noah Bendix-Balgley, Philip Setzer, and Andrew Marriner, and performing on concert series including the Sandbar Chamber Music Series, Phoenix Parlor Series, Connections Chamber Music Series. I have spent most of my career thus far performing with chamber orchestra ensembles, including A Far Cry, Phoenix Chamber Orchestra, Boston Chamber Symphony, Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra, and I currently hold a co-artistic director position with the Grammy-nominated ensemble Palaver Strings.

The SLCO is my heartfelt tribute to the local community and pivotal institutions here in Utah that shaped my musical career. I hope to create an opportunity to step away from the commotion of the outside world and walk into an atmosphere that sparks joy, conversation, and connection between the musicians and members of our community here in Utah.