Rita Andrade

Viola

Los Angeles, CA
8 Played at 8 groupmuses!

Rita Andrade

Viola

About

Rita Andrade, a native of Austin, Texas, is currently living as an active orchestral and studio violist concertizing worldwide. Raised in a family that values their Latin heritage and music, she was always a musically curious child and immediately drawn to the viola upon first hearing it. Pursuing an arts education at Idyllwild Arts Academy in California, Rita continued studying viola performance for her bachelor’s degree in music at the University of Texas Butler School of Music and finished her masters at DePaul University.

In the years following her masters degree, Rita was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, with an assistant principal position for the 2014 - 2015 season. Rita was also a fellowship member of the Chicago Sinfonietta Project Inclusion program geared towards promoting diversity in the world of classical music. Some of her most memorable and influential musical experiences were at summer festivals such as the Grant Park Project Inclusion Music Festival, String Academy in Cambridge UK, Encore Chamber Music Festival, Bowdoin Music Festival, Marrowstone Music Festival, and Interlochen Arts Academy.

Rita remains in demand for many styles of performance and collaboration. Most of her time spent outside fo teaching and freelancing is spent traveling the world with her string quartet, ATLYS.

Music

Ravel, Debussy, Shostakovich, Brahms, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Janacek, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Piazzolla/Tangos, etc.

Dvorak String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97, B. 180

Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor

Shostakovich Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73

Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor

Verdi String Quartet in E minor

Schubert String Quintet in C Major, D. 956

Strauss ‘Metamorphosen’ for String Septet

Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48

Golijov Double String Quartet and Bass ‘The Last Round’

Ravel String Quartet in F Major

Dvorak String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77

Halvorsen Passacaglia for Violin & Viola

Videos

Ensemble profiles

Past groupmuses (8)

  • Backyard

    Atlys String Quartet;

    Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 7:00 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Venice, Los Angeles
    • Composers: 5
    • Instruments: String Quartet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened 12 months ago

  • And let the music continue in a woodland garden in the middle of the city.

    Sunday, Jun 9, 2019 3:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Miracle Mile
    • Composers: 9
    • Instruments: String Quartet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • String Quartet in DTLA design showroom

    Friday, Jun 7, 2019 7:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles
    • Composers: Beethoven, Zhou Long, Philip Glass
    • Instruments: ATLYS STRING QUARTET
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • An afternoon with ATLYS string quartet in Shaw

    Sunday, Jul 15, 2018 2:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Shaw, Washington DC
    • Composers: William Kenlon and Jesse Montgomery
    • Instruments: String quartet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • ATLYS String Quartet to play a magical Groupmuse on June 1!

    Friday, Jun 1, 2018 7:30 PM CDT

    • Neighborhood: Westwood, West Lake Hills
    • Composers: Jessie Montgomery, Zhou Long
    • Instruments: String Quartet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Amazing String Quartet playing in Hyde Park

    Friday, May 18, 2018 7:30 PM CDT

    • Neighborhood: Hyde Park, Austin
    • Composers: Jesse Montgomery, Zhou Long
    • Instruments: String Quartet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Magic Journeys Muse!

    Saturday, Feb 24, 2018 7:30 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Old City, Philadelphia
    • Instruments: string quartet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Groupmuse Chicago: An Autumn Evening East of Broadway

    Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 7:00 PM CDT

    • Neighborhood: North Side, Chicago
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 9 years ago