New Orleans
String Quartets &
Jazz Musicians for Weddings and Special Events

Viola

Sixto is a music and performing arts enthusiast, composer, teacher and founding member of the Quijote Duo and became a member of the Lousiana Philharmonic in September of 2022. He is enjoying an active career in the musical arts, having concertized in Europe, United States, Mexico and Uruguay. 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., Music of the Americas Project, the Chicago Ensemble, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Chamber Music Festival and the Gesher Music Festival in St. Louis, MO. Recently, Sixto has made an appearance in “Broadcast from home”, an highly collaborative project created and developed by composer and community-maker Lisa Bielawa.

Soloist appearances include the Camerata Musicalis, Chamber Orchestra of Salamanca, the Lira Castellonera Symphonic Band, Spain and the Thornton Music School Chamber Orchestra, He has also performed in the Santa Barbara Chamber orchestra, the Barcelona Symphony, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, the Elgin Symphony, and the Chicago Philharmonic, in addition to having performed with artists such as Paquito D ́Rivera, Fareed Haque, Ernie Adams, Robert McDuffy, Mike Mills, Steve Larson and Austin Wintory. The creative side of Sixto Franco has pushed him to venture into composition. He has written music for different mediums such as chamber music, theater and dance. He made his debut on February 2011 premiering his work “Blanco y Negro” in a Cancer Benefit Concert promoted by the Spanish Consulate in Los Angeles. The “malArte Association” of Valencia, Spain, premiered his piece Five “O’clock Tabu” as the soundtrack for the interdisciplinary work with the same title. On November of 2022 Sixto will make his theater debut as a composer/performer in the premier of the play “The Jane Project” at Tulane University. Sixto was also the co-curator of the Mu Live concert series, a performance series that strived to highlight local artists by pairing music, sculptures and visual art. Sixto and his wife Rachel, an amazing lighting designer, enjoy taking their two kids, Odessa and Otis, to music, theater and dance shows all over New Orleans.

Cellist

Juan Horie is a Venezuelan/American cellist trained in Venezuela's acclaimed SISTEMA program. He studied modern cello at the Academia Latinoamericana de Violoncello and baroque cello at the Latin American Academy of Ancient Music (ALMA). His international engagements include performing at the Beethoven Fest in Bonn, Salzburg Festspiele, Teatro Alla Scala of Milan, Berlin Philharmonie, and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London under conductors including Gustavo Dudamel, Claudio Abbado, and Simon Rattle. In 2015 he won a chair in the Teresa Carreño Symphony Orchestra. He now performs with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and is a valued member of our New Orleans ensemble roster.

Cellist

Rachel Hsieh is a cellist with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and a founding member of the New Orleans-based Lott String Quartet. She is also a member of the Father Carter String Quartet at Loyola University. Ms. Hsieh has worked with numerous movie, television and recording artists, including Tyler Perry, Edgar Meyer, PJ Morton and Idina Menzel. She has also appeared in television shows such as "NCIS: New Orleans" and "On Becoming a God in Central Florida." She is a multi-year winner of Gambit Magazine's Best Chamber Music Performance. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and earned her Master's Degree and Performance Diploma at the Peabody Conservatory under Alan Stepansky, former Associate Principal Cellist of the New York Philharmonic.

Violinist

Rebecca Edge has been performing professionally since 2014, including engagements with the Orlando Philharmonic. In 2023, she joined the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. She has performed internationally in Japan, Sweden, Spain, Canada, and Mexico. During her studies, she served as Principal 2nd of the Indiana University Orchestra and attended the Tanglewood Institute where she was coached by the Muir String Quartet. She earned her BM at Indiana University with the Jacobs Premier Young Artist Award under teachers including Jorja Fleezanis. Rebecca is also a passionate teacher and maintains a private studio while performing throughout the New Orleans area.