The Girls

of Bella Los Angeles

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Leah

As the daughter of a violin maker father and violinist mother, Leah was surrounded by music at a very young age. Practically raised in the family violin shop in Los Angeles, she was lucky enough to discover her passion for the cello at the age of four. Leah holds her B.M. in cello performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where she studied with cellist Darrett Adkins and her M.M. in cello performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music…

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Margot

Margot is a pianist, violinist, singer and ambient film score composer. She has performed many solo and group performances as a keyboardist, but is more known for her versatile live performances on the electric violin with pop, rock and punk bands. Margot studied piano at Woodshed Music School in Buffalo NY, and privately with Jimmy Wozniak “The W”, a hammond B3 blues legend. In 2009, Margot started projects including fronting and writing in The Murderous Moppets; a band centered on…

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Manoela

 A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, violinist Manoela has established herself in Los Angeles as an exceptionally versatile and eclectic artist. Classically trained, she has a strong passion for improvisation in jazz, blues, and rock genres and is an active composer and arranger for string ensembles and jazz bands. Manoela’s chamber music experiences have been extremely prominent. Her own quartets and trios, including her jazz group “The Wunder Trio”, are in constant demand. She is also a solo guest violinist…

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Lacy

Born and raised in New Hebron, Mississippi (pop. 447), Lacy began playing the violin at age three. She went on to play dozens of performances and concertos and win many awards, competitions and scholarships. An accomplished classical, pop, country/folk and contemporary violinist, she studied at the Manhattan School of Music and at the famed Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City – where she studied as a Drama Major. She has…

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Hope

Fulbright Scholar ; Royal Northern College of Music, U.K. and New England Conservatory Graduate, Hope continues to gain critical acclaim as one of the most respected and sought after cellists in the greater Los Angeles music community and well beyond.  Her rigorous tour schedule has taken Hope across the globe: from Carnegie Hall, to the Lincoln & Kennedy Centers, as well as both the Gibson and Walt Disney Concert Halls.  Additionally, Hope has been seen performing on countless television programs…

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