Fairfax County, Virginia · Founded Fall 2023
Frost String Quartet is a student-led chamber ensemble from Fairfax County, Virginia. We bring live classical music into memory-care homes, senior residences, nursing centers and hospitals — places where a concert rarely comes. Admission is always free. We are guided by our strings instructor, Mrs. Anne-Marie Patterson.
seven kids, eleven concerts
To spread the joy of music to those in need.
Every concert is free. We play for people who cannot easily come to a concert hall — and we come back.
One colour per part. You will see each player’s voice follow them across the site.
11
Concerts performed
Since November 2023
7
Partner venues
Memory care, senior living, hospitals
7
Student musicians
Grades 9–10, Fairfax County
$0
Charged to any audience
Every concert is free
“What began as a simple idea grew into something truly meaningful, reminding us that even small acts can leave a lasting impact.”
The founding members
December 22, 2025
INOVA Schar Cancer Center
Fairfax, VA · Hospital
01Our mission
Three commitments shape every rehearsal, every free concert and every return to a younger orchestra classroom.
Build the discipline and listening a quartet requires.
Carry free concerts into senior care and health-care spaces.
Show younger students what chamber music can become.
“The residents’ faces lit up as music filled the room — smiles were everywhere.”
Brightview Memory Care · November 17, 2023
01 The story so far
Founded in the fall of 2023 by Sophia, Clive, Andrew and Joel — four friends from the same youth orchestra — and named after their middle school, Frost.
2023
Sophia, Clive, Andrew and Joel met in the same youth orchestra. In the fall of 2023 they formed a quartet and named it after their middle school, Frost. Their strings instructor, Mrs. Anne-Marie Patterson, helped them turn rehearsals into a plan.
2023
Their first concert was at Brightview Memory Care in Annandale, Virginia. The residents’ faces lit up as music filled the room — smiles were everywhere. The quartet returned twice that same school year.
the room where it started
2024
The ensemble played for the FCPS Social Workers Annual Conference and kept returning to Brightview. Word travelled between activity directors across the county.
2025
Chesterbrook Residences, Fairfax Nursing Center, Brightview Senior Living and INOVA Schar Cancer Center in the summer. Then Sibley Memorial Hospital, the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and INOVA Schar again in December — in Santa hats.
2026
Micaela, Mina and Hyunseo joined the founding four. More players means more rooms, more repertoire, and concerts that can run when school schedules collide.
and still growing
02 In pictures
A string quartet plays as four. Frost is seven students — the founding four and the three who joined in 2026 — so a concert can run even when school schedules collide.
Sophia, Clive, Joel and Andrew, the four founding members of Frost String Quartet, photographed outdoors together.
The four founding memberschoose any picture to see it larger
03 Meet the Quartet
Four founders and three players who joined in 2026. Each one carries the colour of the part they play.
No fee, ever
If you would like the quartet to perform at your facility, share your openings and your favorite music genre or pieces. There is no fee.
Who we play for
the music comes to you