Violin & Viola

Mc Kayla Talasek is a specialist in violin and viola. She received her BA in Violin Performance at University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, along with an MM in Viola Performance at University of Nevada, Reno. Mc Kayla performed as principal violist in the school orchestra and as a resident member of the Nightingale String Quartet. She received a contract with the Reno Philharmonic in April of 2016. She also performs regularly with the Reno Chamber Orchestra and Susanville Symphony. Also performing in quartets and regional orchestras all over Texas: Victoria Symphony, Laredo Philharmonic, Corpus Christi Symphony, Mid-Texas Symphony, Symphony of the Hills, Kingsville Symphony, and the Mozart Festival. For the past two summers, Mc Kayla had the privileged of being principal violist in the Prague Summer Nights Music Festival traveling all over the Czech Republic, performing in orchestras,operas, and chamber music settings. She grew up in Saint Louis, Missouri, and started violin at seven years old in a very musical and artistic family. Her father is a luthier and her mother was a ceramics professor at Fontbonne University. During her free time, she runs with her black labrador, Simba, and practices yoga daily.