Memphis String Quartet for Weddings and Special Events

Jamie is a graduate of Baylor University with a Master of Music degree (2010) and a graduate of the University of Memphis with a Doctorate of Musical Arts (2015). Her dissertation focuses on teaching young violin students to practice well. She taught violin and viola at the Bellevue Baptist Church School of Performing Arts, which has a Suzuki strings program, for the past ten years. Currently, Jamie is launching her home studio. Her goal is to create a collaborative environment in which her Suzuki students can participate in local group classes and annual recitals. She recently performed Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio with colleagues at Lyon College. Jamie is a violin professor at Union University in Jackson, TN.

Kristy Robinson grew up in the Memphis area and graduated from the University of Memphis with a BM degree in violin performance in 2013. Kristy also plays viola and was allowed the opportunity to play that for chamber music for a couple of semesters while she was in college: Kristy has performed in orchestras that played on the stages of Carnegie Hall and not chasing her 3 small children, Kristy enjoys playing in her local church orchestra, especially for their big Christmas production].
 

Dr. Hannah Monk Truehart is a violinist and Suzuki teacher in Memphis, TN. She holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Memphis, an M.M. in Music Performance from the University of Memphis, and a B.M. in Music Performance from the University of North Texas where she graduated summa cum laude.  Passionate about sharing her love of music with children, she has completed Suzuki teacher training with Libby Armour, Charles Krigbaum, Daina Volodka-Staggs, and Terri Einfeldt, and has taught for programs such as Interlochen Arts Camp and Memphis Music Initiative. You can also find her playing gigs throughout the Memphis area with her cellist husband, Carrington Truehart. 

Katie Brown is a violist, podcaster, and educator from Evanston, IL. She is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music where she studied Viola Performance and Music Education with George Taylor. Katie received her degree in Music Education from Illinois State University where she studied viola with Dr. Katherine Lewis. Katie has performed, and given lectures, and lecture-recitals in cities around the world. Katie is the co-host of Classically Black Podcast and the executive director of the International Society for Black Musicians. Katie currently plays with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.