Greater Nashville
Serving Nashville and the Surrounding Area
Music city! Full of life, energy, and the best music! Viva La Strings Nashville is here to serve your dreams. Need a string quartet to play a cocktail hour while floating on a pool? Walk down the aisle and play? Bring the music of Ariana Grande, Harry Styles, and Justin Bieber to life through classical instruments? We’ve done it all and have been receiving 5 star reviews for the past 6 years. We’d be honored to be at your next event.
Nashville Featured Musicians
Lila Bearden is a violist, violinist, and string arranger active in the greater Nashville area. Bearden has had the privilege of performing in notable venues such as the Dolby Theater for Persian artist Bearden and guest artist Andrea Bocelli, The Orpheum withStreetlight Manifesto, and the Wiltern with Deadmau5. She has also recorded in prestigious studios such as EastWest Studios in Hollywood, Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage in Burbank, Capitol Records in Los Angeles, Hybrid Studios in Santa Ana, and Ocean Way Studios in Nashville.
Nashville Manager/Violin/Viola
Lila Bearden
Gideon Klein
Nashville native Gideon is a multi-instrumentalist and producer with a Bachelor of Music, Music Theory/Composition from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Gideon manages and produces with his brother at Shuffle Brothers Studio in Gallatin, TN and performs on tour for artists including Rodney Atkins, Christy Nockels, Brian and Katy Torwalt, among others. As producer, Gideon has had the pleasure of recording the Brothers Osborne, Delta Rae, Kylie Frey, Lauren Jenkins, and many more.
Cello/Arrangements + Orchestrations
Jacob Tudor
Jacob received his Bachelor of Music degree, Church Music Ministry, from Cedarville University in 2015. A Viva La Strings musician since 2010, Jacob moved to Nashville in 2015 for graduate studies where he established Viva La Strings’ Nashville Team and received his Master of Music degree, Violin Performance, from Belmont University in 2017. Jacob joined the Nashville Symphony staff as Patron Engagement Officer in November 2019, returning as Patron Engagement & Crescendo Club Manager in July 2021.
Violin
Hannah Sorrells
Hannah received her Bachelor in Music degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Hannah is currently a student at Belmont University pursing her Master’s of Music degree in Violin Performance. She is the concertmaster of the Belmont Symphony Orchestra. Through music, Hannah desires to offer beauty and possibility, hopefully allowing people to not only be in touch with themselves, but with something much greater.
Violin
Tim Richardson
Tim is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Tim has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Prague, Vienna, Budapest, and Aspen, as well as in Atlanta, Macon, and Savannah, Georgia. As a studio musician, Tim has recorded for motion pictures, independent films, television series, video games, and individual artists including Lorde, Damian Marley, and Miss Lauryn Hill. Tim has also performed at most mainstream music festivals including Coachella and Bonnaroo.
Viola
Ian Robinson
Ian started the cello at age four because his parents said he was "too much trouble and needed something to do." Now he is a cellist and teacher in Nashville, TN. Ian went to Indiana University and grad school at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In addition to teaching, Ian has a passion for the recording studio. He has played on the soundtrack of major movies, TV shows and video games, such as Halo, Call of Duty, Sex and the City and Spiderman.
Cello
Grace Hartman
Although Grace has worked largely as an orchestral musician, she is constantly looking for ways to diversify her performance opportunities. Beginning in October of 2021, Grace started performing as cellist for the national Broadway revival tour of Oklahoma. She also frequents the recording studios in Nashville, recording with Nashville Music Scoring for companies such as Netflix, Sony, Bungee, and Hulu. Since completing her Master’s degree in 2017, Grace has performed with many ensembles throughout the United States including the Nashville Symphony.
Cello
Carl Larson
Carl maintains an active performing and recording career as a member of symphony, chamber, opera, ballet, and session orchestras. Carl has toured with San Francisco's JazzMafia, Deltron 3030, Barry Manilow, and has performed with Dolly Parton on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. He can be heard on many film, television, and video game soundtracks. He holds degrees in Mathematics and Viola Performance, and studied at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Viola
