Detroit-based violinist and violist Meg Rohrer express their voice through newly composed projects, inter-arts collaborations, traditional classical works, and improvising.  Performances have taken them across the globe to Italy, Shanghai, and London.

Meg (they/them/theirs) is an animated performer who is equally passionate about old and new music. Rohrer is the violinist in Hub New Music, a string and woodwind quartet committed to the commissioning and touring of new repertoire. Rohrer is also the violinist and violist in Virago, a Michigan-based quartet that melds contemporary chamber music with free improvisation. They are also a member of the Kalkaska String Quartet and the Detroit chapter of the Innocenti String Quartet, and thoroughly enjoy many forms of chamber music in many different settings. Meg earned their masters degree at the University of Michigan studying with Danielle Belen and Caroline Coade, and holds a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University where they studied with Blair Milton.

Violinist Emelyn Bashour has performed across North and South America. She holds an MM in violin performance from the University of Michigan and a BM in violin performance from the Eastman School of Music, as well as BA in English literature from the University of Rochester. During her studies, she has served as concertmaster of UMich’s University Symphony Orchestra and the Eastman Philharmonia, and she is also an alum of the New England Conservatory Preparatory School where she was assistant concertmaster of the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. Previous teachers include Aaron Berofsky, Renée Jolles, and Lynn Chang, and she has performed in masterclasses for esteemed artists including Midori, Julian Rachlin, Frank Huang, Xiang Gao, Lina Yu, Peter Schuhmayer, and Olga Kaler, and members of the Takacs, Ying, Aizuri, and Calidore string quartets. She is currently pursuing a DMA at Michigan State University as a teaching assistant in the studio of Yvonne Lam, where she is also concertmaster of the MSU Symphony Orchestra and the Musique21 contemporary ensemble. 

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A seasoned orchestral player, Emelyn currently holds positions as Principal 2nd Violin of the Detroit Opera Orchestra and as Assistant Concertmaster of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. She is also a member of the symphony orchestras of Ann Arbor and Lansing, and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. She has participated in selective fellowship programs such as Orpheus@Mannes (2019), Vermont Mozart Festival (2018), National Orchestral Institute (2016), and the Aspen Music Festival (2014). She was a fellow of the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra in 2018, 2019, and 2022, where she served as concertmaster for flagship productions of Salome (2019) and La Bohème (2022) and was engaged as a featured soloist for the 2020 season. She has also worked with distinguished conductors such as Osmo Vanska, David Zinman, Hugh Wolff, and Hannu Lintu.

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Emelyn is a member of several distinguished Michigan-based chamber ensembles. With mixed-instrumental ensemble Girlnoise, she recently made debuts at Elastic Arts in Chicago and as featured artist at the 2021 New Music Gathering conference in St. Paul. With violin-cello duo Parataxis, she has performed on the Tiny TOPs series of the 2021 Ann Arbor Summer Festival and at the 2021 Third Place [MusicFest]. With the Kalkaska String Quartet, she regularly performs as a featured artist on FeverUp Detroit’s Candlelight Classical series at various venues in Detroit. In addition to her busy performance schedule, Emelyn teaches violin lessons and coaches the violin sections of the MSU Campus Orchestra and Michigan Youth Symphony Orchestra.