Violist, SYDNEY WHIPPLE, is native of Oakland, California. She made her orchestral debut at age 17, performing the Walton Viola Concerto with the Yuba Sutter Symphony, and has since appeared as a soloist with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic, and Eleva Chamber Players.

Sydney spent six years in New York City earning her Bachelor of Music (2024) and Master of music degrees from The Juilliard School, studying with Carol Rodland, and Misha Amory. Sydney is a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship.

Sydney has a passion for chamber music and has taken part in chamber and solo music programs, including The Perlman Music Program, Music@Menlo, and Carl Flesch Academy. Sydney is currently a member of DragonBoot String Quartet, in the Juilliard Honors Chamber Music program. In 2025, the quartet won Grand Prize at The Coltman Chamber Music Competition, and Second Prize at The St. Paul String Quartet Competition. This season DragonBoot will present concerts with Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota, If Music Be the Food NYC, MATA Festival, and Eleva Chamber Players, as well as present a program that reimagines medieval music.