Felicia Brunelle

Dr. Felicia Brunelle is a longstanding member of the Sarasota Orchestra and concertmaster for "The Pops" and the Missouri Symphony. As an active chamber musician she has performed throughout the United States, Japan, Canada, and most recently in Eisenstadt Austria at the Esterhazy palace, one of the most beautiful Baroque palaces in Austria. In 1989, she was invited to join the symphony as a member of the New Artists String Quartet and was a founding member of the New Artists Piano Quartet. Felicia has worked with the Emerson String Quartet and the Tokyo String Quartet in summer festivals at the Yale Summer School of Music-Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, and the popular Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts. Upon graduation, Felicia was appointed Principal Second Violin of the New World Symphony. In 1993, Felicia joined the Missouri Symphony as its Concertmaster where she has frequently appeared as soloist.