Justin O'Neill has been playing the violin since he was eleven years old, taking lessons with Sandra Payton in Bellingham, Washington.  At age fourteen Justin played the Haydn Violin Concerto with the North Sound Youth Symphony.  He then played the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto as a soloist with the same orchestra at age sixteen.  Justin attended college at the University of Houston, where he studied violin with Professor Andrzej Grabiec and was a member of the Honors College.  While working on his BM in Violin Performance, Justin frequently played with orchestras including the Brazosport Symphony Orchestra, the Galveston Symphony Orchestra, the Clear Lake Symphony, and the Symphony of Southeast Texas.  As a student, Justin played at the Marrowstone Festival in Port Angeles, Washington, Wintergreen in Sarasota Florida, and the Western Washington Chamber Festival in Bellingham, Washington.

Magdalena O'Neill began playing the violin at age seven in Gainesville, Florida, where she was trained under the Suzuki method. In her teens she was concertmistress of the All-County Orchestra for three consecutive years and participated in the all-region and all-state orchestras.  She attended the North Carolina School of the Arts for high school where she studied violin with Kevin Lawrence.  In 1999 Magdalena attended the University of Houston’s Honors College and Moores School of Music, where she studied violin with Professor Andrzej Grabiec and earned BMs in Violin Performance and Music Business.  Magdalena’s music festival participation has included the Killington Music Festival in Killington, Vermont and the Texas Music Festival in Houston, Texas, and she has played with orchestras including the Western Piedmont Symphony, the Galveston Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony of Southeast Texas, the Brazosport Symphony Orchestra, and the Clear Lake Symphony.  Since graduating from Southern Methodist University with an MBA and an MA in Arts Administration she now works for a non-profit performing arts organization in San Diego.