Make your occasion memorable with Indianapolis wedding Musicians!

Nick Drumm lives in Indianapolis with his wife, young daughter, and their dog. He grew up in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area before attending the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music for both his undergraduate and master’s degrees. He currently performs throughout the Indianapolis area and is a regular member of the Carmel Symphony Orchestra. Over the years, he has performed for numerous weddings, banquets, and other special occasions, and has performed for events ranging from A Prairie Home Companion to Gloria Estefan to Barry Manilow. He performed in a string quartet for Celebrity Cruises, sailing throughout the Mediterranean, and has taught violin and viola for more than five years throughout the Indy area. He enjoys reading, watching TV comedies with his family, spending time outdoors with his family.

Rachel Gries holds both Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Indiana University.  Her primary teachers include Mimi Zweig, Atar Arad, and Stanley Ritchie.  Studying violin from the age of four, Rachel is an active performer and teacher.  She is a member of the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra and the Carmel Symphony Orchestra.  She also performs with various triosstring  and quartets in Indianapolis, and  with groups throughout the Midwest, including Early Music Saint Louis, Bourbon Baroque (Louisville, KY), and Ars Antiqua (Chicago, IL).  

Rachel teaches both violin and viola lessons and serves as the chamber music director and co-executive director of the non-profit Indianapolis Academy of Music.  Rachel has coached chamber music and given master classes at the Community Music School of Webster University Baroque String Academy and Adult Chamber Music Summer Intensive.  She has taught at the String Academy of Wisconsin and for the Bedford Young Violinists Program. 

​Davis Brooks comes from a diverse musical background as soloist, pedagogue, orchestral musician, studio musician, concertmaster on Broadway, conductor, and chamber musician. At Yale University, he received a master's degree in violin performance and studied with Broadus Erle and Syoko Aki. His doctorate, also in violin performance, is from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Other important teachers with whom he has worked include Joyce Robbins, George Neikrug, Russell Hatz and Raymond Page; he has studied chamber music with Julius Levine, Josef Gingold, Aldo Parisot, and members of the Tokyo and Guarneri Quartets. Dr. Brooks is interim Concertmaster of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. 

​​Cello instructor and co-director for the Indianapolis Academy of Music. Cello instructor for Broad Ripple Performing Arts School, Park Tudor and Metropolitan Youth Orchestra.  Also a preschool music teacher at the Interactive Academy in Zionsville, Indiana.  Performs with the Village Trio/Quartet as well as local orchestras such as Columbus Symphony, Hendricks County Symphony and Marion Symphony.  Also a composer of children's songs and musicals.