About Us
The Vox String Quartet is a group of young professionals that have been performing as a quartet in Madison, WI and the surrounding areas since 2015. Individual members work in various fields including legal, technology, and education. At the end of the day, we all enjoy playing music with each other and sharing that love with others.
Our name, "Vox," is Latin for "voice." Each member of a string quartet has their own voice through the instruments' separate parts. Yet, as a whole the four instruments become one voice, bringing the music to life.
VSQ is available for hire for weddings and events in the Madison, WI area. We can perform any style of music for your event, from classical standards to popular hits. We are best known for our pop/rock covers, and our love of The Danish String Quartet's Last Leaf album.
Our name, "Vox," is Latin for "voice." Each member of a string quartet has their own voice through the instruments' separate parts. Yet, as a whole the four instruments become one voice, bringing the music to life.
VSQ is available for hire for weddings and events in the Madison, WI area. We can perform any style of music for your event, from classical standards to popular hits. We are best known for our pop/rock covers, and our love of The Danish String Quartet's Last Leaf album.
Photo by Archie Uy
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Kiran Nair started playing the violin in second grade and was a member of the Houston Youth Symphony for nine years. In 2006, he performed in Stavanger, Norway as part of a sister-city cultural exchange program between Houston and Stavanger. At Rice University, he participated in the Campanile Orchestra for Non-Majors and participated in a number of musicals. He graduated from Rice in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in computer science. Kiran currently performs with the Middleton Community Orchestra and the Middleton Players Theatre, as well as with the Long Lost Family Band on fiddle and vocals. He currently works as a software developer at Epic Systems.
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Violinist Naomi Hasan grew up in New Glarus and Middleton, WI, where her family finally signed her up for beginning strings. As soon as she opened that precious case, she began wailing to the trees and birds in the front yard of her family’s farmette - basically performing to anyone who would listen (and many who wouldn’t). She went on to study with the incomparable Nobu Yasuda at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, earning her bachelor’s in Music Education. Although she's spent a good deal of time performing with large ensembles, string orchestras, and in the pit for musicals, her favorite moments are with the band Finding North and the inimitable Vox String Quartet - clean, real, and powerful. When Naomi isn’t making music, she can be found teaching violin and viola lessons out of her cozy home studio in Madison, WI, or covered in sand on the volleyball court.
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Photo by Andy Quint Photography
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Photo by Erin Ruppert
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Rebecca Fincutter began her musical career playing with the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra (formerly Lake Geneva Community Orchestra). While in high school, she studied viola under Milwaukee Symphony violist Nathan Hackett. She attended the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee where she studied music and viola under former Milwaukee Symphony violist Lewis Rosove, and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Music in 2011. She has performed with various organizations including the UW-Milwaukee Orchestra, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Middleton Players Theatre, Middleton Community Orchestra, Beloit Janesville Symphony Orchestra, Music Theatre of Madison, Sun Prairie Civic Theatre, among others. In 2018, she obtained her Paralegal diploma at Madison College and currently works as an Intellectual Property Paralegal at a local Madison law firm.
Jonathan Backus began performing with VSQ as a sub for original member, James around 2019. Jon then effortlessly took the role of our cellist when James moved out of state. Jon is a Digital Sheet Music Specialist at Musicnotes, and regularly arranges various styles of music for string quartet. He also frequently performs with the Echelon Quartet, Children's Theater of Madison, and other area groups. Jon lives in the Madison area with his wife, children, chickens, and corgis.
Erin Ruppert frequently performs with VSQ as a sub. She performs with members of the quartet in the Middleton Community Orchestra, other Madison area musical groups, and with the Sophisticates of String Quartet.
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Legacy Members
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James Wesson began playing the cello in the third grade. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where he studied under Paul Kosower and Dr. Tulio Rondon. He also studied at the University of Stellenbosch in Stellenbosch, South Africa, where he studied with Magdelena Roux and was a member of the University Symphony Orchestra. James graduated from UW-Eau Claire in 2011 with a Bachelor of Music Education.
We are sad to announce that James has moved out of state. We wish him and his partner the best of luck in their new adventures! |