Elisabeth Adkins, Associate Concertmaster with the National Symphony Orchestra, will grace the stage with our very own Philharmonic, featuring Saint-Saëns' Violin Concerto No. 3. The performance is this Sunday, April 13, 1:00pm at George Mason University's Center for the Arts in Fairfax.

Like many of the Philharmonic members who began playing music at a young age, Adkins learned to play the violin at age four. She also grew up in a musical world, being the daughter of noted musicologists and sister to four violinists, two cellists, and a soprano. Adkins was performing professionally as a teenager, both modern repertoire and early music on period instruments. As a family, the Adkins String Ensemble made its debut in 1994 at the Dallas Symphony's Meyerson Hall and the family chamber group presents a concert series in Dallas. The ensemble has been in residency in Colorado at Music in the Mountains. The von Trappe family from The Sound of Music may have found their competition with the Adkins family!