Best Nashville String Quartet for Weddings and Special Events

Violinist Julia Fisher is an active performer and teacher in the Nashville area. Julia is well-versed in collaborative musical settings. She has performed with groups such as the Nashville Composer Collective, Parthenon Chamber Orchestra, in the band at her church, and with the Anna Johnson Band. She has recorded with Nashville Music Scoring and the Nashville Recording Orchestra and is currently a member of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra. Julia holds degrees in Classical Violin Performance from The Ohio State University (M.M.) and Belmont University (B.M.) where she studied with Dr. Kia-Hui Tan, Elisabeth Small, and Tammy Rogers King (fiddle).

Maggie Chafee is a Nashville-based cellist, specializing in combining her classical background with various alternative styles. She began her journey as a cellist at the age of six after attending her brother’s cello lessons from the time she was born. It felt only natural for her to play the cello and she hasn’t looked back since. 

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In 2016, she graduated from Belmont University with a degree in Commercial Music. Since then, she has enjoyed a career as a sought-after studio musician, live performer, and educator. She has worked with artists such as Moon Taxi, Katie Pruitt, Nicole Atkins, Dams of the West, Neal Morse, Dylan LeBlanc, Thad Kopec, Harpooner, Robyn Harris, and many more. While Maggie thrives on working with artists, she has also been a member of The Jackson Symphony since 2017 and has previously been a part of the Nashville Philharmonic and Nashville Collegiate Orchestra. Her passion projects include working with her acoustic-genre bending band The Rumble Scene as well as exploring more traditional fiddle styles with her all-female trio, Lady Reverie.

Whether it be as a part of a string quartet, orchestra, or with her folk band, Deena is an enthusiastic performer who looks to bridge cultural gaps and forge friendships by playing and exploring different styles of music. Since moving to Nashville a couple of years ago, she has had the privilege of performing with many wonderful and iconic groups and shows, including Mannheim Steamroller, 2Cellos, and the Hello Dolly and Phantom of the Opera National Tours, as well as numerous local musical theater productions. Deena currently plays with the Paducah Symphony, Symphony of the Mountains, and occasionally with the Nashville Music Scoring Orchestra.

Violist and Violinist Patrick Monnius enjoys a varied musical career in solo, chamber, orchestral, folk, bluegrass, and country music. As a recent graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, He participated in music festivals including the Kent Blossom Music Festival, Credo Chamber Music Festival, Credo Australia, and the Global Musicians Workshop. He regularly plays with orchestras in the greater Nashville area, including the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Kentucky, the Evansville Philharmonic, the Jackson Symphony Orchestra and others.  Since moving to Nashville in 2018, Patrick has established himself as a dependable session violinist and violist. He regularly records anything from soundtracks for film and video games to string quartet arrangements for pop records. Some of the musicians he has recorded with and performed in concert alongside include Crystal Gayle, Kathy Lee Gifford, Aoife O’Donovan, Hanneke Cassel, Sierra Hull, Terrence Blanchard, The War and Treaty, and Bruce Molsky.

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Among his accolades, Patrick received the first place Donald Crossley Memorial Prize from the 2014 Ohio Viola Society Competition, and is the recipient of Baldwin Wallace Conservatory's Outstanding Senior Award and the David Statler Walker Award in Music Education from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. A testament to his versatility as a both a classical and folk musician, he has performed in venues ranging from the main stage of Carnegie Hall in New York, NY to The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN.