Individuals
Emma Maini, Violin
Emma, 15, Rye Country Day School 10th Grader began her studies in music at seven years old. She attends the Precollege Division of The Juilliard School where she studies with Elizabeth Chang and Lucie Gelinas. In 2021, she co-founded the Phillip Quartet with some of her closest friends under Asya Meshberg. Emma and her brother, Ayush co-founded Children Helping Children, an annual benefit concert by philanthropic children using their gift in the arts to help children in need locally and around the world. Emma looks forward to the benefit every year creating beautiful music with her friends and making long-lasting memories. In her spare time, Emma loves drawing, playing sudoku and baking cookies.
Amelia Foell, Violin
Amelia Foell, 15, is a sophomore at Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut. She has studied piano since age four under Ms. Mitsuko Ichimura in Greenwich. She has also studied violin since age five with Mrs. Akiko Silver and is currently studying under Mr. Krystof Kuznik. Amelia has been a member of Norwalk Youth Symphony for four years and is currently in the Principal Orchestra. She is also an active chamber musician for both piano and violin, and joined the Philips String Quartet as a violinist in 2022. Amelia believes that music is a language for the soul as it transcends cultures and borders, connecting people irrespective of their background. In addition to music, she loves science, playing tennis, cooking, and hiking with her family.
Mio Gogate, Viola
Mio, 16, began her music journey in third grade as a violist. However, her true passion for classical music and performing came during the pandemic in 2020; when she and her friends came together as Phillip Quartet. She also began playing the violin in seventh grade which deepened her love for classical music. In her free time, she loves to go watch operas, especially Wagner's works. She also loves art and that's what she does when she is not playing music or being with family and friends. Mio is excited to participate in this concert to help raise money for children who need support.
Ewan MacLennan, Cello
Ewan, 17, is a founding member of the Phillip String Quartet. His journey with the cello began at a family visit to the Tanglewood Summer Music Festival when he was just six years old, where he first fell in love with the cello. After several years of private instruction and work with the Young Artists Philharmonic, Ewan was admitted to the Honors Academy program at Concordia Conservatory for the 2019-2020 academic year, where he studied under cellist Dr. Chungsun Kim. In the summer of 2020, he joined the Phillip Quartet as cellist, directed by Asya Meshberg, and commenced individual study under cellist Michael Katz, and Hannah Moses, cellist for the Callisto Quartet, quartet-in-residence at Yale University School of Music. Since its founding in 2020, the Phillip Quartet has performed on a regular schedule at venues in the Greenwich area and Manhattan, including the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and the Kaufman Music Center. Not limiting his music to personal performance, Ewan has shared his enthusiasm for his instrument with budding young cellists in the Greenwich area as a private instructor and enjoys mentoring strings students at the Greenwich Summer Music Camp, Young Artists Philharmonic and InTempo when his schedule permits.