About
Vida Strings is not your typical string quartet: beyond the traditional concert stage, Vida Strings combine international performing careers, music education, arts management, and creative/expressive art therapy with music care incl. medicine & research to provide you with unique music experiences.
Primarily based in Raleigh, NC, Vida Strings was established in 2018 by Lindi Wang (violinist), Erika Atchley (violinist), Jacobus Hermsen (violist), and Joyu Lee (cellist as well as a Board-Certified Music Therapist).
Vida originates from 'Vita' in Latin, and means life. Vida Strings hope to enrich your life with the healing power of music. Experience Vida Strings to develop your self-care tool box, enjoy live string quartet music, and discover innovative research combining music & medicine.
MUSIC CARE
Vida Strings see the body & mind as an intertwined system. We focus on how mental health impacts physical health, how physical health impacts mental health, and how music can be used to positively alter both.
Vida Strings offers a variety of Music Care such as guided imagery, meditation, and mindfulness to help you increase self-awareness, explore emotional and physiological responses, and to develop your self-care tool box. Goals and objectives may include improvement of stress-management, resilience, comfort, confidence, and relaxation.
CONCERTS
As a classically trained string quartet, Vida Strings also perform regular Concerts, where you will get a chance to hear the greatest string quartets, and learn more about the extensive string quartet repertoire. We believe that classical music is for everyone therefore audience engagement will be part of your concert experience.
RESEARCH
Studies indicate how music affects the brain and the body in a measurable way. Through Research with medical professionals integrating music with medicine, we assist in providing evidence-based, scientific data on the whole-body experience.
Primarily based in Raleigh, NC, Vida Strings was established in 2018 by Lindi Wang (violinist), Erika Atchley (violinist), Jacobus Hermsen (violist), and Joyu Lee (cellist as well as a Board-Certified Music Therapist).
Vida originates from 'Vita' in Latin, and means life. Vida Strings hope to enrich your life with the healing power of music. Experience Vida Strings to develop your self-care tool box, enjoy live string quartet music, and discover innovative research combining music & medicine.
MUSIC CARE
Vida Strings see the body & mind as an intertwined system. We focus on how mental health impacts physical health, how physical health impacts mental health, and how music can be used to positively alter both.
Vida Strings offers a variety of Music Care such as guided imagery, meditation, and mindfulness to help you increase self-awareness, explore emotional and physiological responses, and to develop your self-care tool box. Goals and objectives may include improvement of stress-management, resilience, comfort, confidence, and relaxation.
CONCERTS
As a classically trained string quartet, Vida Strings also perform regular Concerts, where you will get a chance to hear the greatest string quartets, and learn more about the extensive string quartet repertoire. We believe that classical music is for everyone therefore audience engagement will be part of your concert experience.
RESEARCH
Studies indicate how music affects the brain and the body in a measurable way. Through Research with medical professionals integrating music with medicine, we assist in providing evidence-based, scientific data on the whole-body experience.
