Members

Past and Present

Roy Meyer-Violinist and Artistic Director

In addition to his role as violinist of the Griffon String Quartet, Roy is Concertmaster of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Chicago Philharmonic, and a frequent substitute violinist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
A highly dedicated chamber musician, Roy’s collaborations include performances with Midsummer’s Music in Door County, Wisconsin, Pro Arte Quartet, Kontras Quartet, as well as Apollo Music Festival in Houston, Minnesota.
As a soloist, Roy has appeared with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Winona Symphony Orchestra, Wartburg Community Symphony Orchestra, Indiana State University Orchestra and the ASI Student Orchestra.
A passionate educator of young musicians, Roy is currently head of the Griffon Quartet strings program which teaches over 40 students in Green Bay and Door County, Wisconsin. In addition, Roy has led master classes at University of North Dakota, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Virginia Tech, SUNY New Paltz, Indiana State University, Apollo Music Festival, and has served as a member of the faculty at the American Suzuki Institute in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and the Illinois Chamber Music Festival in Bloomington, Illinois. In 2018, Roy served as the visiting professor of violin at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Roy Meyer began violin studies at 4 years old with Kyoko Fuller and earned his Bachelor of Music from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Masters of Music from the University of South Florida in Tampa, and continued his violin studies at New York University. His primary teachers include David Perry, Carolyn Stuart, Gregory Fulkerson, Naoko Tanaka, and Laurie Hamilton.
When not on stage, Roy enjoys following sports, traveling, hiking, and has recently taken to gardening.

Andrew Meyer-Violinist and Founding Member

Andrew Meyer, violinist and educator, has been Associate Concertmaster of the Sichuan Symphony Orchestra since 2021. He is Director of Strings for the Ameropa Music Festival in Prague, Czech Republic beginning in 2023, and performs extensively there. In 2018 Mr. Meyer was appointed Concertmaster of the Hwamei Chamber Orchestra, based in Houston, Texas. Mr. Meyer has been the recipient of many awards and has performed recitals and concerts across the United States, as well as in Austria, Germany, Spain and China.
His recent appearances include a well-received performance of the Butterfly Lovers violin concerto as soloist with the Texas Folk Orchestra, as Guest Artist at the American Suzuki Institute as well as Guest Performer with the Wuhan Philharmonic. Mr. Meyer is the co- founder of the Music in the Shed Chamber Music series in Milladore, Wisconsin, in which he was featured as a soloist in Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires last season. He has served as acting principle Second Violinist of the Madison Symphony Orchestra from 2004-2005. In addition, he has been invited to give masterclasses and performances in Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Beijing (China), and has been asked to adjudicate competitions such as the Children’s Foundation of the Arts in New York and Houston and the Zhongsin Competition in Singapore. Mr. Meyer holds a B.M. in Violin performance from UW-Madison and M.M. from Rice University in Houston, Texas. His teachers have included artists such as Sergiu Luca, Vartan Manoogian and James Dunham as well as members of the Pacifica and Borromeo string quartets.
In addition to his performance career, Mr. Meyer has extensive teaching experience as well. He worked as the director of the violin program at River Oaks Elementary School in Houston,
Texas for 13 years and has also served on the faculty of Houston Community College, Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music preparatory program and at The Village School. Mr. Meyer’s students have won awards and scholarships in top high schools and universities.

Andrew Gentzsch-Violinist, Violist, Founding Member, and Executive Director

Dr. Andrew Gentzsch, a native of Iowa City, is the violin instructor and orchestra conductor at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa and violin instructor at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Dr. Gentzsch has led as concertmaster the University of Delaware Chamber Orchestra, the University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, the Grinnell Chamber Singers, and the Iowa City Chamber Singers. Previously, Dr. Gentzsch received music degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying with David Perry, the University of Delaware studying with Xiang Gao, and the University of Iowa studying violin with Dr. Scott Conklin and viola with Christine Rutledge. While at the University of Delaware, Mr. Gentzsch performed the Bach Concerto for Two Violins with Professor Gao, both performing on violins from the Boorse Collection of Contemporary Violins. Dr. Gentzsch is an advocate for new music, previously active in the UI Center for New Music, the UI String Quartet Residency Program, as well as participating in many world premieres and recording projects. Dr. Gentzsch, a founding member of Concerts in the Shed, actively performs multiple solo recitals a year as well as chamber concerts. Dr. Gentzsch recently began his Suzuki training and participated at the Montana Suzuki Institute.

David Sedlins-Cellist and Founding Member

David Sedlins began studying the cello at the age of two. His teachers have included Peter Howard, Uri Vardi and Steven Doane. Throughout his career, David has been very active with both chamber and orchestral groups. He has performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Augusta Symphony, Atlanta Pops, and Greenville Symphony. David’s chamber music experience has taken him all across the country as well as to Austria, Croatia, Latvia and an extensive tour throughout China. David holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin and the Eastman School of Music.

Uri Vardi-Cello

Cellist Uri Vardi has performed as a recitalist, soloist, and chamber player across the United States, Europe, South America, Asia, and Israel. Born in Szeged, Hungary, Vardi grew up on Kibbutz Kfar Hahoresh, Israel. He studied at the Rubin Academy in Tel Aviv, was an Artist Diploma student at Indiana University, and earned his master’s degree from Yale University. His teachers have included Janos Starker, Aldo Parisot, Eva Janzer, and Uzi Wiesel. He has served as Assistant Principal cellist of the Israel Chamber Orchestra and Principal cellist of the Israel Sinfonietta. In 1990, following an extensive teaching and performing career in Israel, Vardi assumed the position of Cello Professor at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, which he assumed the position of Cello Professor at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, which he held until retiring in 2022. As a Feldenkrais practitioner, he emphasizes in his teaching the correlation between sound and movement and conducts masterclasses worldwide. Vardi is the founder and Artistic Director of Your Body Is Your Strad, formerly known as the National Summer Cello Institute (NSCI). Vardi has initiated projects involving collaboration between Oud and Cello, culminating in the 2008 premier of Joel Hoffman’s The Forty Steps, a double concerto for Cello, Oud and Orchestra with the Madison Symphony Orchestra. He released two CDs with Delos Productions: Brahms, The Three Piano Trios, and Soulmates, Music for Cello, Clarinet and Piano, and a CD with Centaur Records of Brahms’ two Cello Sonatas and six Clarinet and Piano, and a CD with Centaur Records of Brahms’ two Cello Sonatas and six Lieder. Vardi has also released an album of compositions for Cello and piano written by composers of the St. Petersburg School (“Society for Jewish Folk Music”). Following 32 years of teaching at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, Vardi retired in 2022 and assumed the title of Professor Emeritus.
https://www.urivardi.com

Russel Rolen-Cellist

Russell Rolen is a bold and versatile cellist praised by The New York Times for his “supreme technical command” and “capacity to make complicated music clear.” As a founding member of the GRAMMY®-nominated Spektral Quartet, he helped commission over 85 works and performed at major venues including The Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, NPR’s Tiny Desk, and at premier chamber music series across the United States. His cross-genre collaborations span work with Miguel Zenón, Nathalie Joachim, Julia Holter, Theaster Gates, and Robin Wall Kimmerer, and he’s led creative projects like ENIGMA at the Adler Planetarium and the ringtone-length Mobile Miniatures. A dedicated educator, he has taught at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and Ripon College, and has led residencies and masterclasses nationwide. Russell holds a doctorate from Northwestern University and degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Peabody Conservatory, with chamber music studies under members of the Emerson, Juilliard, Guarneri, and Cleveland Quartets. He is currently on faculty at the Chicago Center for Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.

Oryann Tsaig-Violist

Oryann Tsaig is a passionate and versatile musician. She performs worldwide both as a
chamber and orchestral player. Oryann recently joined the Griffon String Quartet and
resides now in Green Bay, WI.
She received her Bachelor Degree in Viola Performance and Violin/Viola Instruction
from the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, followed by a Masters Degree from the
Manhattan School of Music under Patinka Kopec and Molly Carr.
Oryann has performed worldwide in major music halls such as Carnegie Hall, Berliner
Philharmonie, Rudolfinum, Sala São Paulo, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, The Estates
Theater, Lincoln Center Auditorium and more.
She began her piano studies at the age of 6, followed by 3 years of violin studies at
ages 7-10. She decided to begin Viola at the age of 15 and joined the Jerusalem Music
Center and participated in chamber ensembles, workshops, and was coached by the
Jerusalem String Quartet.
Oryann played under renowned conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Lahav Shani,
Manfred Honeck, Ivan Fischer and more. She played for master violists such as
Thomas Riebl, Lawrence Power, Atar Arad, Yizhak Schotten, Tatjana Mazurenko and
Pinchas Zukerman.
In her free time Oryann likes to do yoga and hikes.

Bob Logan-Pianist

Pianist and composer Bob Logan holds a master’s degree from the New England Conservatory, studying under Meng-Chieh Liu. Originally from Wisconsin, he completed a bachelor’s degree in music and computer science and spent two years working full-time as a software engineer before deciding to pursue his lifelong calling and passion as a musician. A sensitive collaborator and in-demand accompanist, Logan is an Artist Associate in Collaborative Piano at Williams College. In early 2020 he joined the Eurythmy Spring Valley Ensemble on their European tour with performances in England, Scotland, Germany, and Switzerland. He was a Tanglewood Music Center Fellow in 2015 and has won prizes in the NEC Piano Honors Competition, the Chicago College of Performing Arts Concerto Competition, and the UW-Madison Beethoven Competition. He currently runs a piano teaching studio in Canaan, NY.

Alex Norris-Violinist

Alex Norris is happily immersed in a diverse and exciting life as a chamber musician. Currently
he resides in Green Bay. Wisconsin as a member of the Griffon String Quartet. In addition to
this, Alex is a member of the Des Moines Metro Opera and the Stoughton Music Festival, as
well as the Quad City Symphony. Earlier chamber music experiences include being a guest
artist with Red Cedar Chamber Music in Cedar Rapids, IA, and being a member of the Permian
Basin String Quartet in Midland, TX. Alex has a strong background in orchestral playing as well, having formerly been a member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra, and Principal Second Violin in the Illinois Symphony.

Tim Kamps-Violinist

Violinist Tim Kamps has performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Wisconsin Philharmonic, and numerous other regional orchestras. He studied with Vartan Manoogian and Felicia Moye at UW-Madison, Roland and Almita Vamos at the Music Institute of Chicago, and Everett Goodwin. Tim lives and works in Madison.

Nicholas Jeffery-Viola

Nicholas Jeffery is a violist and teacher in Kalamazoo Michigan. He holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he studied with Catherine Carroll and Masao Kawasaki, and from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where his main teacher was Sally Chisholm. As a performer, Dr. Jeffery has been a member of the Madison Symphony orchestra, and served as Principal Viola of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. An active chamber musician, Dr. Jeffery helped to found the Ursa Ensemble, a mixed chamber ensemble in Chicago, IL, and has been invited to appear as a guest artist with the Willy Street Chamber Players, and the Heart Strings Ensemble in Madison, WI.
Dr. Jeffery is strongly committed to teaching and maintains a full studio of private students at the Crescendo Academy of Music. As a member of the Hunt String Quartet at the University of Wisconsin, he visited area elementary schools to present musical lessons and give performances in the classroom. He currently serves as Principal Viola of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, and Assistant Principal of the Kalamazoo Symphony where he also performs as a member of the Burdick-Thorne String Quartet.

Ria Hodgson-Violist

Violist Ria Hodgson maintains an active career as a performer, collaborator, and teacher. A student of renowned violist Rami Solomonow, Ria earned a masters degree in performance from DePaul University in 2015. Ria began her studies on violin at the age of 6 through the Suzuki Method and continued through her undergraduate degree at Arizona State University where she worked with Jonathan Swartz on violin and Nancy Buck on viola.As a chamber and orchestral player Ria has performed throughout the US and abroad, including appearances with the Superior String Alliance Chamber Players, The CHAI Collaborative Ensemble, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago among others. Recently, Ria traveled to Viterbo, Italy where she was co-principal of the Tuscia Opera Festival orchestra, as well as traveling to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg where she was a Guest Artist of the Vianden Music Festival. Whether playing in an orchestra, chamber ensemble, or free improvisation collective, Ria is happiest when she is collaborating with other musicians.

David Scholl-Bass

David Scholl currently serves as principal bass of the Madison, Quad City, and Dubuque Symphonies. In 2017 he joins the faculty of University of Wisconsin – Madison as instructor of bass. As a chamber musician he has appeared with Chicago Symphony’s MusicNOW, University of Chicago’s Contempo series, and the Spektral Quartet. David earned his BM and MM from Indiana University where he studied with Bruce Bransby. Additional training comes from his time as principal bass of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Aspen Music Festival, and Alex Hanna.

Eleanor Bartsch-Violin

Violinist Eleanor Bartsch is an active orchestral and chamber musician based in Chicago. She is currently Concertmaster of the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, Associate Concertmaster of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, and a performing member of the Chicago Philharmonic/Joffrey Ballet Orchestra where she frequently serves as Concertmaster, Associate Concertmaster, and Principal Second Violin. Ms. Bartsch also performs regularly with the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, the Grant Park Festival Orchestra, the Milwaukee, Nashville and Cincinnati Symphonies, and the Minnesota Orchestra.As a founding member of Madison’s Willy Street Chamber Players, Eleanor maintains a passion for chamber music and community. She is also a member of The Chicago Ensemble, the Apas Piano Trio, and has appeared recently with both the Grammy-nominated Spektral Quartet and multiple Grammy award winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird.Eleanor holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she was a Paul Collins Distinguished Graduate Fellow and studied with David Perry and Felicia Moye. During her studies she was a member of the Madison Symphony and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.

Willie McLellan-Violin

Willie McLellan has performed and taught violin and viola in Chicago for the last decade. He is an experienced orchestral musician, having played with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, and Sinfonietta. Willie also greatly enjoys playing chamber music. He was a member of Chicago Symphony’s MusiCorps outreach program that educated and performed for audiences in schools and park spaces. In 2019 he co-founded the Kolmar Music Collective, a mixed ensemble that performs works of diverse and underrepresented composers. In the summer of 2021 he was a featured performer in a string quartet at the American Suzuki Institute in Stevens Point. When he is not busy on the music scene Willie enjoys cooking new vegetarian recipes, biking the streets of Chicago, and playing competitive foosball.

Maya Shiraishi-Violin

A native of Hiroshima, Japan, Maya Shiraishi began violin studies at age four. After completing high school and undergraduate studies at Tokyo College of Music, she moved to Chicago to attend Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts. While studying at Roosevelt, Maya performed with Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the nation’s premier training program for young professional musicians. Since then, she has been an increasingly active orchestra musician, holding regular positions with West Michigan Symphony and Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra and performing frequently with Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Iowa and Chicago Philharmonic. She has attended numerous music festivals, including the International Summer Academy of Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria; the International Music Academy in Nice, France; and others in Italy and Japan. Ms. Shiraishi is featured in the premiere recording of a new work by Grammy-nominated composer Gaurav Mazumdar. Under the auspices of the nonprofit Crossing Borders Music, the recording was released in autumn 2022. Her primary teachers are Hideo Kojima, Seiji Kageyama and Jasmin Lin. She currently lives in Chicago where she enjoys access to great arts—and pours out love to her numerous houseplants.

Ryan Louie, cello

Sought-after cellist Ryan Louie enjoys a multi-faceted career as a chamber musician, orchestral player and music educator. Recognized as “a talented cellist who plays both expressively and elegantly, he is innately musical and is cut out to be a musical ambassador.” Ryan has performed throughout Europe, Asia and North America including England, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Switzerland and Taiwan, in renowned venues such as Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, Severance Hall, the National Concert Hall of Taipei, and, Japan’s Suntory Hall. Festival appearances include the Amsterdam Cello Biënnale, Caroga Lake Music
Festival, Cello Akademie Rütesheim, Great Mountain Music Festival in Pyeong Chang, Pacific Music Festival, and the Palazzo Ricci Montepulciano Festival. He performed regularly with Ohio’s Akron, Canton, and Toledo Symphony orchestras. Ryan’s honors and awards include the Cleveland Cello Society Agnew Bach Prize, Marion Feldman Scholarship at the Manhattan School of Music, Long Island Arts Alliance Scholar-Artist Award of Excellence, the Associated Music Teacher’s League Henry Levine and Blanche S. Levy Award, the Mary and George Wilkins Memorial Cello Scholarship at Carnegie Mellon University, the Max Pirani Prize, the Wolfe Wolfinsohn String Quartet Prize, and the Bache Fund at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Dedicated to music education, maintains a private studio, and has served on the faculties of City Music Kids in Cleveland, the Chamber Music Connection in Columbus, and the Aurora School of Music in Aurora, Ohio. Ryan began studying cello at age ten, earned his bachelor degree in cello performance at Carnegie Mellon University, and his masters degree in cello performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He has also studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London. His teachers include Mark Kosower, Dr. Melissa Kraut, Anne Martindale Williams, and Marion Feldman. When not playing the cello, Ryan enjoys following the NBA, working out, playing basketball, cooking and collecting rare craft beers.

Clayton Tillotson, violin

Violinist Clayton Tillotson holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in violin performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied with David Perry of the Pro Arte Quartet and was awarded a full scholarship position in UW-Madison’s graduate Hunt Quartet. He also earned an artist diploma from The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory in Toronto, where he studied with renowned violin pedagogue Paul Kantor.
Clayton has spent many summers at music festivals across the United States and has been a fellowship recipient at the Aspen Music Festival, an artist/faculty member at the Caroga Lake Music Festival, and chamber music prizewinner at the Meadowmount School of Music. In addition to teaching privately, he also coaches chamber music and orchestral violin sectionals for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras. He regularly performs with ensembles such as the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, has served as guest concertmaster with the Wisconsin Philharmonic, and has performed live on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The Midday.” He currently plays a Parisian violin from 1855 by Charles Adolphe Gand and a bow by Joseph Arthur Vigneron circa 1895.

Zachary Preucil-cello

Praised for his “commanding” and “masterful” performances (Hyde Park Herald), Dr. Zachary Preucil enjoys a variety of activities as a performer and educator. Currently based in Madison, Wisconsin, Dr. Preucil serves as principal cellist of the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra and joins the faculty at Carroll University as Cello Instructor beginning Fall 2022. Additionally, he maintains in-person and online pre-college teaching studios, co-directs the Farley’s Chamber Music Program in Madison, and is a member of Trio des Éléments along with clarinetist Sarah Manasreh and pianist Katherine Petersen.
Recently, Dr. Preucil has performed with the Wisconsin Philharmonic and the Dubuque Symphony, and has appeared on the International Music Foundation’s Rush Hour Concert Series, Midsummer’s Music Festival, Green Lake Music Festival, the Music Institute of Chicago’s Faculty/Guest Artist Series, Salon Piano Series, Caroga Lake Music Festival, and as a soloist with the Schaumburg Youth Symphony at Chicago’s Orchestra Hall. His solo and chamber music performances have been broadcast on Wisconsin Public Radio and WFMT Chicago.
Previously, Dr. Preucil served on the faculties of the Music Institute of Chicago, Kanack School of Musical Artistry, Music for Youth of Arlington Heights, and the UW-Madison Community Music School, and has given masterclasses at St. Olaf College, Wheaton College Community School for the Arts, Community Cello Works of Blacksburg, Virginia, and MIC Winter Workshops. Additionally, he has held teaching assistantships at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a teaching fellowship at the International Cello Institute, where he has subsequently served as a guest clinician and director of the iConnect program for young cellists. Dr. Preucil holds a D.M.A. in Cello Performance and a minor in Arts Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.M. in Cello Performance and Arts Leadership Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, and B.M. in Cello Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music. His primary teachers have included Uri Vardi, David Ying, Yeesun Kim and Walter Preucil.

Zou Zou Robidoux-Cello

Zou Zou Robidoux is a Wisconsin-based cellist working across classical and contemporary genres. She recently completed a Master of Music at UW–Madison, studying with Dr. James Waldo as a Paul Collins Distinguished Graduate Fellow. Prior to her graduate studies, Zou Zou lived in Montreal from 2016-2023. During this time, she performed throughout Canada at the Montreal Jazz Festival, National Arts Centre, Theatre Calgary, and Vancouver Folk Festival. Additionally, she was a close collaborator of Canadian singer-songwriter Basia Bulat and is featured as a cellist and string arranger on two of Bulat’s studio albums, The Garden and Are You In Love?

An avid collaborator, Zou Zou has performed as a chamber musician with Midsummer’s Music, LunART, Bach Before Bedtime, Willy Street Chamber Players, among others. As an orchestral musician, Zou Zou has worked with the Reno Philharmonic, Pronto Musica, and Orchestre de la francophonie, with whom she toured South Korea. In addition to her classical work, Zou Zou has played in over 30 musical theater productions across the U.S. and Canada. In 2022, she made her professional acting debut at the Segal Centre for the Performing Arts in Israeli superstar Keren Peles’ rock musical April Fools. Other highlights of her pit work include It Shoulda Been You with the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre, Les Belles Soeurs with Theatre Calgary, and the world premiere of the French-language version of The Phantom of the Opera at le Monument-National.

Jane Mitchell-viola

Jane Mitchell is currently the Associate Principal Viola of the Naples Philharmonic, a position she has held since 2017. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory and her Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music. Prior to joining the Naples Philharmonic, Jane was a member of the New World Symphony and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. In the summers, she performs with the Britt Festival Orchestra in Jacksonville, Oregon. She has participated in numerous other summer festivals, including the Tanglewood Music Center, the Lucerne Festival Academy, the Britten Pears Young Artist Program, the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, the Pacific Music Festival, and the Sarasota Music Festival.

Katherine Munk-violin

Katherine Munck is a primary care physician practicing in Saint Paul, MN. She began playing violin at age 5 and has studied under the tutelage of David Becker, David Perry, and Wilfredo Deglans. She earned her Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY. As an orchestral performer she has appeared with the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, Middleton Community Orchestra, Penfield Symphony Orchestra, Duluth Community Orchestra, and Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra. Her hobbies include going to run club, competing with her bar trivia team, and napping with her cats.