Misty Drake is an American violinist celebrated for “bringing the Florida sunshine” to stages nationwide. She has built a versatile career across multiple musical genres, reimagining the violin onstage and bringing it to unexpected performance settings with Disney Cruise Line and Cirque du Soleil's 'Cirque Dreams'.

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  Ms. Drake has held a chair with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, appeared as a soloist with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, and has performed for Super Bowl LIV, Netflix, CBS, FOX Studios, and the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra.

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An Eastman Institute Arts Leadership Certificate Fellow, she also contributes her expertise in leadership and education with Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Sarasota Youth Opera, and Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.