Gabrielle Gans is an experienced orchestral artist, soloist, chamber musician and teacher. She has studied both violin and piano from the age of four and is now attending Shenandoah University under the direction of Akemi Takayama. Gabrielle was selected as a winner of the concerto competition at Eastern Music Festival in 2023. She also had the privilege to tour with the Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra in Argentina during the summer of 2023. Before university, Gabrielle resided in Los Angeles, California, where she studied violin and chamber music at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, under Aimee Kreston. Gabrielle soloed at the Gindi Auditorium with conductor, Shardad Rohani, and the AVA Chamber Orchestra. She has had the opportunity to work with the American Youth Symphony, 20th Century Fox Studios, the California Young Artists Symphony, and the New Orchestra of Washington. Gabrielle sees music as a way to express beauty and emotion and is delighted to convey that to others.