Linton Family Musicians

Welcome to Linton Family Musicians! Thanks for taking the time to visit our site.  We are a family – Mom and Dad plus seven “kids” and two dogs – striving to live in harmony with each other (literally and figuratively).  We’ve been making music together for a long time, but began sharing music in a concentrated way about ten years ago.  We play piano, flute, violin, viola, cello, occasionally the guitar and celtic harp, and the steering wheel.  We sing together – in the car.

The Linton Family, December 2007

We’ve provided music for lots of events in the Delaware Valley and beyond over the past few years – background music for parties and fundraisers, programs for retirement communities, churches, and special events, and full-service music for wedding ceremonies and receptions.  We are available as an small ensemble or a string quartet.  Our programs are interactive and rather spur-of-the-moment, and our audiences seem to really enjoy the mix of classical, sacred, and popular music interspersed with stories and jokes.  We look forward to providing music for your special event!

Who We Are

• Mom and Dad (Alison and Jeff) are parents, boosters, and PR people.  Dad works in software and Mom is a full time educator and administrator in the home.
• Susanna (25) is a labor and delivery nurse at our local hospital. She plays the piano and watches the books.  In her spare time, she reads.
• Jean (23) is a telemetry nurse at our local hospital.  She plays the flute and tells the jokes. ;-)
• Melody (20) is a student at West Chester University.  She is in both the Pre-Med program and the Honors program.  As part of Linton Family Musicians and the Linton String Quartet, Melody plays the cello.
• Hope (19) is a violinist and in her spare time turns leftover breakfast oatmeal into golden loaves of mouth-watering freshly-baked bread.  She leads the Linton String Quartet in a continuous quest for excellence.  She teaches violin and is currently a student at West Chester University.
• Eleanor (17) is a junior in high school and is an all-state violist.  She prefers, however, to confine her artistic endeavors to pastels or the kitchen.  We all enjoy the results.  She participates in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and Sinfonia Sacra, the youth orchestra at our church.
• B. J. (16) (short for Beverly Jeanette) is a freshman in high school and plays the violin.  A gifted organizer, B.J. helps the rest of us stay on top of “inventory.”  She is assistant concertmistress of Chester County Youth Orchestra.
• Isaac (11) is our sixth-grader who generally steals the show.  He’s a violinist, and in his spare time he enjoys mowing the lawn, working with Dad, and playing soccer or basketball.

August 2008 at Tenth (L-R Susanna, Eleanor, Isaac, Melody, Jean, B.J., and Hope)

As a family, we attend Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, PA.  Several of the girls are involved in Sinfonia Sacra, Tenth’s youth ensemble, and Hope occasionally participates in Tenth Chamber Players.  Eleanor and B.J. are both a part of the West Chester Area School District’s Senior Strings.  Our family has been volunteering at the Barclay Friends in West Chester since 1998, playing music (almost) weekly for the residents – many of whom have become our friends.  For a more complete history, click over to The Story.  Thanks for stopping by!

For pictures, check out our Picasa web albums. :-)

To contact us, please email LintonFamilyMusicians@gmail.com.  We’d love to hear from you!