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 began her pre-collegiate studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Dimitri Murrath. She then spent six years in New York City earning her Bachelor of Music (2024) and Master of Music degrees (to be May 2026) from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Carol Rodland and Misha Amory. She is a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship.

A passionate chamber musician, Sydney has participated in chamber and solo programs including The Perlman Music Program, Music@Menlo, and the Carl Flesch Academy. She is currently a member of the DragonBoot String Quartet in the Juilliard Honors Chamber Music program. In 2025, the quartet won top prizes at the Coltman Chamber Music Competition and 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, and will present a program that reimagines medieval music.