Violist Taryn Chaykowski began her musical studies as a Suzuki violin student in Brantford Ontario, participating yearly in the Kiwanis Music Festival and earning several awards and scholarships including two silver medals for the highest mark in Ontario on both her Grade 3 and Grade 8 Royal Conservatory of Music violin exams. She attended Wilfrid Laurier University where she began her viola studies and graduated with an Honours Music degree in viola performance. Taryn graduated from the Master of Music program at the University of Ottawa in 2012. Over the course of her career Taryn has studied with several well known string teachers including The Penderecki String Quartet, Adele Pierre, Rennie Regehr and Natasha Sharko. She has played for many others including Mark Fewer, Giora Schmidt, Paul Silverthorn, Atar Arad, James Dunham and Hariolf Schlichtig.