Vanessa Madrigal MD

Home city: Bethesda, MD, USA

Vocation outside music: Pediatric Intensivist / Director of Pediatrics Ethics Program 

Role in BBSC: Voice, Diva, harmonizer sometime improvisor 

First performance with BBSC: Orlando 2010

Major musical influences: Beatles, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holiday, Chet Baker

Favorite musical genres: Jazz, Classic Rock, Musical Theater

My most prized instrument: My 3/4-sized violin from the rental shop that the owner pulled out from the dusty back when he learned I studied with Connie Kiradjeff. It sang.

Musical projects outside BBSC: cultivating the love of music in my children 

Favorite non-musical pursuits: traveling, food, parenting (most of the time)

What I love about BBSC: Everything. The people, the energy, the music we make. We keep coming back