Leticia Oaks Strong
viola
About this Artist
Leticia Oaks Strong joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1994. The native of Provo, UT, began studying violin with Hiroko Primrose at the age of 4 and switched to viola at age 12. She studied viola with David Dalton at Brigham Young University and then with Donald McInnes while an undergraduate student at the University of Southern California. Strong graduated from USC in 1994 as the Outstanding Graduate of the School of Music and joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic later that year.
Strong has performed as a soloist with several orchestras, including the Utah Symphony, the Salt Lake Symphony, and the Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra. She has given numerous recitals, including a guest artist recital at Brigham Young University and several appearances in the Temple Square Concert Series in Salt Lake City. Strong has also performed at the International Viola Congress, where she premiered the viola sonata Wild Bells, written for her by Lansing McLoskey and later released on an album from Albany Records celebrating McLoskey’s works. Strong also enjoys performing on the LA Phil’s Chamber Music and Green Umbrella series. She plays on a 1992 Larry Furse viola.
Strong lives in La Crescenta with her husband and their five children.