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 has spent the past six years studying at The Juilliard School, where she earned her Bachelor of Music (2024), and Master of Music degrees (2026). She studied with Carol Rodland and Misha Amory, as a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship. Prior to college she studied with Dimitri Murrath at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

A passionate chamber musician, Sydney is a member of the DragonBoot String Quartet. In their first six months together the quartet won Grand Prize at the Coltman Chamber Music Competition and Second Prize at the St. Paul String Quartet Competition. This past season, DragonBoot presented concerts with Lincoln Center, Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota, If Music Be the Food NYC, MATA Festival, and Eleva Chamber Players, as well as collaborated with composers to premiere three new string quartets.