Larissa Fedoryka, cellist, began her cello studies at the age of three. As a child she joined her nine siblings who toured as the Classical chamber ensemble, The Fedoryka Family Players. The group performed in venues nationally, their tours culminating in multiple performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as well as a performance at The Wolf Trap International Children’s Festival. More recently Larissa has made the transition to world music, touring with artists such as Marco Antonio Solis, Croatia’s pop artist Tajci, the Celtic/Americana band Scythian, and Mexico’s pop diva Gloria Trevi. In 1910 she was hired to arrange pop songs for orchestra by “The Harmony Project” – the LA Symphony’s program to enrich inner city youth through music. She studied at the Boston Conservatory with Andrew Mark and at Ohio University with Dr. Michael Carrera, and is currently completing her DMA in Performance at UCSB, where she studies with Jennifer Kloetzel.