Carnegie Hall, Erica & Paolo Marks & Family

The Marks Family “String Beings” live and practice in Hillsboro, WV.  A family of five, they continue a family tradition of making music together that started a generation before. Paolo Marks grew up playing cello in ensembles with his father and brothers, all of whom made careers in music. He made the violins that he and his daughter Sal play. Erica Lipps Marks grew up playing cello with her father and brother who also made lives in music. She plays a cello made in WV by John Preston and Harold Hayslett.

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