Born in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Brian Jennings began his musical and viola studies at age 11. As a founding member of the Prometheus Quartet, Brian has performed around the world, including performances at Schiermonikoog, the McGill International String Quartet Academy, the Mariposa Concert Series, and the New Series at The Juilliard School. With Prometheus Quartet, Brian has collaborated with artists such as Jeremy Denk, Andy Akiho, Claire Chase, and Sasha Cooke. Before forming the Quartet, Brian has attended The Taos School of Music, The Aspen Music Festival and School, The Bowdoin International Music Festival, Red Rocks Chamber Music Festival, and Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival.

Brian is passionate about community engagement and music education. During his studies at The Juilliard School, he participated in every community engagement fellowship the school offered, including the Music Advancement Program Viola Fellowship, Morse Teaching Fellowship, and Gluck Fellowship. The teaching fellowships gave Brian the opportunity to connect with and mentor young musicians of The Juilliard PreCollege division and New York City Public School System. The Gluck Fellowship allowed Brian to connect with new audiences in New York City through exciting programming and audience engagement activities.

As a student, Brian has had the privilege to work with musicians Maria Lambros, Michael Kannen, Gerhard Schulz, Richard Oniell, Matthieu Herzog, Mai Motobuchi, Jeffrey Irvine, Matthew Lipman, James Dunham, Che-Yen Chen, Cynthia Phelps, Choong-Jin Chang, and Ben Ullery. Brian received his undergraduate degree in Viola performance from The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Victoria Chiang and his Masters at The Juilliard School, where he studied with Heidi Castleman and Misha Amory. Currently, Brian is at the University of Delaware with the Prometheus Quartet as the Graduate String Quartet in Residence, where he studies with the Calidore String Quartet.

Abigail Walton is an active percussionist based in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Beginning her studies on piano at a young age, she later felt drawn towards the dynamic energy of percussion. Inclined towards keyboard percussion, she won first place in the collegiate division of Penn State University’s 2025 Marimba Festival and attended the inaugural 2025 Nashville Marimba Sessions. She has also found recent competition success with Nathan Daughtrey’s Concerto for Vibraphone, performing the work with the West Chester University (WCU) Wind Symphony, WCU Percussion Ensemble, and WCU Symphony Orchestra. She is thrilled to share the piece with the Newark Symphony Orchestra.

Passionate about education and pedagogy, Abby teaches at both Mosaic Music Lessons (Phoenixville, PA) and WCU’s Community Music Program. She enjoys successfully preparing students of all ages and abilities for their musical goals, ranging from school talent shows to collegiate auditions. Her other love is for research, seen through her clinic presentation at Penn State University’s 2026 Percussion Festival and participation in WCU’s 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Institute (SURI). Her varied research interests include grades K-3 percussion pedagogy, historically informed performance practice, and feminist musicology.

Abby will graduate from West Chester University with a BM Instrumental Performance in May 2026, where she presently studies with Dr. Ralph Sorrentino and Professor Chandler Beaugrand. She will be continuing her education at McGill University (Montréal, QC) in Fall 2026, pursuing an MM with Thesis in Orchestral Instruments – Percussion.