Musician Personalities
By | May 13, 2008
Musician Personalities
Laura Pyle
Manager, Violin, Vocals
Laura Pyle is currently pursuing a major in Mass Communication with a minor in Music at Texas State University. She is a graduate of the Liberal Arts and Science Academy at Lyndon B. Johnson High School in Austin. She participated in the UT String Project, the Austin Youth Symphony, the region orchestras, and the Austin Chamber Music Center. Laura has performed with Cowboy celebrity Michael Martin Murphey and performs each year with Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin. She has studied with Austin violinists Laurie Stevens and Jennifer Bourianoff, and now studies at Texas State University with Dr. Lynn Ledbetter.
In addition to her violin activities, this young musician has been a part of Austin Musical Theater, Broadway Texas, and Dancers Workshop productions. Laura Pyle was a member of the Austin Girls’ Choir from the age of nine to eighteen, and performed with the ensemble in Austin Lyric Opera’s La Boheme and Ballet Austin’s Nutcracker, on the stage of New York City’s Carnegie Hall and toured along the East Coast, in New Mexico, Louisiana, California, Florida, England, Germany and the Czech Republic.
Currently, along with studying privately with Dr. Ledbetter, Laura plays in the Texas State Symphony, and leads worship at the Campus Christian Community of Texas State, where she sings and plays violin. Music is a very integral part of Laura’s life and upon graduating from the University, she plans to teach privately and remain active in chamber ensembles for the duration of her career.
Sandra Monica Garcia-Landois
Violin
Monica Garcia is a Violin Performance Major at Texas State University. She is a graduate of the Fine Arts Academy at McCallum High School, where she was concertmaster of the Chamber Orchestra.
Monica was a student of the University of Texas String Project for eight years and also a member of the Austin Youth Symphony. She participated in Austin Chamber Music Center’s summer workshops and the Grammy program at McCallum High School throughout the year, where she was carefully coached by Austin bassist, Jessica Gilliam-Valls. In 2005, Monica performed with Michael Martin Murphy with the Texas State Symphony at Bass Hall.
The aspiring violinist is also an accomplished dancer, and was featured in multiple dance shows at McCallum each semester. In high school, Monica studied regularly with Austin Symphony Orchestra (ASO) violin II principal, Richard Kilmer.
Monica was accepted into the Music School at Texas State University, where she now studies with Dr. Paula Bird.
Laura Rodriguez
Viola
Laura Rodriguez is a Psychology major with a minor in Music at Texas State University - San Marcos. She is a graduate of Bowie High School, where she was principal violist of the most advanced orchestra.
She has also participated in the Austin Youth Symphony, the high school region orchestras and attended Texas State University’s summer strings camps in San Marcos. In 2005, Laura performed at Bass Hall with Michael Martin Murphey in the Texas State Symphony.
Laura studied with Austin violists Ames Asbell and Aurelien Petillot throughout her high school career.
The accomplished violist now studies regularly with Professor of Viola, Dr. Ames Asbell at Texas State University, where she is co-principal of the viola section in the Symphony.
Huitzin Chavez
Cello
Huitzin Chavez is an accomplished Austin cellist who began playing at the age of eight in the University of Texas String Project. Huitzin participated in the Austin Youth Orchestras for six years, the All Region Orchestras for seven years, and made the All State Orchestras in his tenth and twelth grade years at Crockett High School.
The young cellist studied in the Austin Chamber Music Center for five years and has trained with both the Cavani String Quartet and the Cuarteto Latino Americano, as well as many other artists. Huitzin can now be found playing popular Latin music with CHINAMPA here in Austin as an electric bass and guitarron player.
Anima also has a number of qualified guests and substitute players.
Musicians we have performed with as subs include:
Aisling Grogan, violin
Phoebe Hunt, violin
Ollin Chavez, violin
Rita Andrade, viola
Natalie Phillips-Perkoff, cello
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