From the Hollywood Bowl to a Local Residency, the String Queens Push Boundaries
Seven Days - 2024-04-03T10:00:00.000Z

The Washington, D.C.-based Black female trio the String Queens formed in 2017 and soon began playing for national audiences. Violinist Kendall Isadore, violist Dawn Johnson and cellist Élise Sharp performed at the 2021 Biden-Harris inaugural festivities and arranged and recorded the theme music for ESPN's broadcasts of Wimbledon that year. They've played Carnegie Hall in New York City four times and headlined jazz festivals in the U.S. capital. Last year, they opened for jazz singer... Read this story