About

Moonlit in the Sun

Moonlit In The Sun includes flute, violin, viola, cello, and piano. We offer the flexibility of performing in any combination of these instruments (for example: string trio, piano quartet/trio, violin/flute duet, viola/piano duet, or piano or flute solo). Because we have our own keyboard, our pianist only requires a plug outlet to perform at your event. Unlike other groups, what makes our piano trio and quartet special is that we can provide continuous music for receptions that last 2-3 hours -- no breaks, no stops in the music.

Moonlit in the Sun is a member of the Loudoun Arts Council and eWomen Networking. Together we have over 50 years performance experience that includes weddings, receptions, private parties, and corporate events. We can perform for formal dances as well -- foxtrots, tangos, and waltzes! Unlike many other groups, Moonlit in the Sun rehearses regularly and treats every event as if it were for royalty.

Alban Deniz

Alban has been performing violin in the Washington, DC area since 1987. He has been a member of the Prince Georges Philharmonic, the Mount Vernon Chamber Orchestra, the Mclean Orchestra, and the Washington Savoyards (a theater group dedicated to performing operettas by Gilbert and Sullivan). His violin instructors have included Evan Paris of the Ysaye Quartet and Ricardo Cyncynates (assistant concertmaster of the National Symphony). Currently, he is a member of Moonlit In The Sun and the Loudoun Symphony.

Carla Deniz

Carla is the executive director and violist of Moonlit In The Sun. Carla received her music degree from George Mason University in 1993 where she won the George Mason University Concerto Competition. She has been performing throughout the D.C. Metropolitan area since 1990, including performances at the Barns of Wolf Trap and the Kennedy Center. Carla has studied under Richard Parnas (recent principal violist of the National Symphony Orchestra) and Doris Lederer, violist of the Audobon String Quartet. She is currently a section violist in the Loudoun Symphony and performs locally with the viola quartet, Bratschewurst. Carla is on the music faculty at the Wakefield School in the Plains, Va; and provides violin and viola lessons from her private studio in Leesburg VA.

Lauren Sileo

Lauren has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia at prestigious concert halls including Carnegie Hall, the New York Philharmonic's Avery Fisher Hall, The National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Dai-Ichi Seimei Hall in Tokyo and The Kennedy Center. She has both performed and taught at New York University during the summer of 2007. The Virginia born flutist was accepted to The Juilliard School with the highest honor of Presidential Distinction, and was the only undergraduate flutist worldwide to be accepted for the 2002-2003 academic year. She graduated from Juilliard with an Undergraduate Artist Diploma in 2005. Lauren is currently Principal Flute of the Prince William Symphony Orchestra and plays with the PWSO Principal Wind Players Woodwind Quintet. She is on the music faculty at The Wakefield School in The Plains, VA. Ms. Sileo enjoys freelancing in the Washington Metropolitan area as well as teaching privately in Northern Virginia.

Valerie Wride

Valerie has been a cellist for the Camellia Symphony (Sacramento, CA) and Lima Women's Chorale (Lima, Peru); is the principal cellist of the Mormon Orchestra of Washington DC; and has been a member of the Loudoun Symphony since 1997. She has studied with David Freed (principal cellist of the Utah Symphony), Elizabeth Kellogg, John Magee (solista for the Orquesta Sinfonica de Madrid) and Robert Battey.