Ian Pierce is a violinist based in Providence, Rhode Island. During his formal musical studies, he studied with Peter Zazofsky at Boston University. He has served as principal second of the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and has attended the Bowdoin International Music Festival. He is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Ocean Engineering at the University of Rhode Island, but remains engaged in the local musical community.

John Sumerlin, violin.
A first violinist with the American, Dallas, Cincinnati, Honolulu, and Santa Fe Opera orchestras, he has appeared in recitals and as soloist with orchestra in the US, Canada,Mexico, and Europe. Formerly first violinist of the Harrington String Quartet in Texas. 

• Susan Culpo, viola, is known to Rhode Islanders as the daughter of Aurora Curran, renowned string teacher in Cranston Public Schools. Culpo plays with the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, and Boston Pops Esplanade orchestras, and is assistant principal viola with the Rhode Island Philharmonic. With the BSO, she has traveled from Tanglewood to Europe and Asia.

Cellist Megan Koch is a member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra. As an avid chamber musician, Megan has performed chamber music throughout the New England area. Megan enjoys a global reach through music, teaching with Musicians for the World. In 2024,she traveled to Iquitos, Peru and led a cello workshop through an initiative with Musicians for the World and EcoAcordes. Closer to home, Megan maintains a private cello studio and is the lead educator of Kingston Chamber Music Festival’s String Advancement Program.