PASCAL INNOCENTI

Violinist, Founder

Violinist and founder of the Innocenti Strings. Mr. Innocenti is a former member of Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Originally from Monaco (Monte Carlo)  is french accent will still be one of his best asset :) first prize at the conservatoire de Reuil Paris and a Master of Music in Violin Performance at the University of Cincinnati (CCM), After earning a Gold Medal in Chamber Music at the Conservatoire de Music d Orcay Competition, he then was invited to perform at the Aspen Music Festival were is fell in love with America and live happy ever after with his lovely wife Isabelle and daughter Chloé. Praised by the Chicago Tribune as a "reverent" style of playing he can go on and on telling you how legit he is with his violin but you just would have to hear it for yourself. 

ISABELLE INNOCENTI

Violin

Isabelle Rozendaal studied violin at Oberlin Conservatory with Marilyn McDonald and David Bowlin, and has been playing violin for almost twenty years. She is adept in both modern and baroque violin, and performs regularly with the Chicago-based baroque orchestra Baroque Band. She has also appeared with the Bach and Beethoven Ensemble and Callipygian Players, and as assistant concertmaster anven Ensemble. Isabelle is an active teacher and performer in the Chicago area, and is passionate about bringing music study to underprivileged communities. A Chicago native, Isabelle is delighted to be making music in the Chicago area again.

ARIANNE URBAN

Violin

Violinist Arianne Urban is a Chicago/Miami based  She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across the world, ranging from sold out rock shows in Tokyo to Chamber Festivals in Italy. Urban is a regular member of the Nu Deco Ensemble in Miami, FL, as well as an active collaborator with recording artists, arrangers and producers working in film and session work. She regularly records with Arranger Matt Jones in Chicago and has played on Grammy Nominated Albums with recording artists Chronixx, Ledisi, Jessie J, John Legend, and on PJ Morton's Grammy Award Winning "Best Traditional R&B" song How deep is your Love.

ANNA STEINHOFF

Cello, Viola da Gamba

Anna Steinhoff is a baroque cello and viola da gamba specialist living in Chicago. She performs with such groups as Third Coast Baroque, Wayward Sisters, Second City Musick and the Haymarket Opera Company. Anna has degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory and Northwestern University where she studied with Peter Rejto and Hans Jensen, and has studied privately with baroque cello guru Jaap ter Linden. In addition to classical music, Anna enjoys performing and recording with various indie rock bands such as Mysteries of Life, Saturday Looks Good To Me, and children’s artist Justin Roberts.

SIXTO FRANCO

Viola

 A member of the 5th House Ensemble, Sixto is a music and performing arts enthusiast. He is enjoying an active career as a performer, teacher and composer, having concertized in Europe, United States, and Mexico. Sixto Franco is passionate about chamber music and has had the honor to perform with Eighth Black Bird, International Chamber Artists, Symbiosis Ensemble in L.A., the Kaia String Quartet, the Chicago Chamber Music Festival and the Chicago Chamber Orchestra. Sixto has appeared as a soloist with the Camerata Musicales in Spain, the Thornton Music School Chamber Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Salamanca, Spain. He has also served in the Santa Barbara Chamber orchestra, the Barcelona Symphony, Chicago Chamber Orchestra , the Elgin Symphony, and the Chicago Philharmonic. Sixto and his wife Rachel, an amazing lighting designer, enjoy taking their two-year-old daughter, Odessa, to music, theater and dance shows all over Chicago!

VANNIA PHILLIPS

Viola

Ms. Phillips has worked with the Joffrey Ballet, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Chicago Philharmonic, the Center for Black Music Research of Columbia College (CBMR), and Elgin Symphony. She has recorded numerous times with the Sinfonietta and CBMR. After studying the baroque orchestra at Oberlin Conservatory, Vannia went on to study the International Baroque Festival at Longy, where she performed in master classes with Elizabeth Blumenstock and Dana Maiben. In Chicago, she has played baroque viola with Baroque Band, Chicago Opera Theater, and Urban Baroque. She has also performed on WFMT with the Baroque Band.