Cole Dachenhaus joined the first violin section of the Santa Monica Symphony in 2019. He began playing as a child growing up in Ohio, earning concertmaster and first violin positions in many regional and Ohio state-wide orchestras, as well as serving as the Associate Concertmaster of the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp’s International Youth Symphony Orchestra touring Europe and North America. While attending Kenyon College, where he studied German, sociology, and music, he had opportunities to perform with the West Virginia Symphony, the New Albany Symphony, various masterclasses with artists such as Soovin Kim, attended the Eastern Music Festival as a rotating Concertmaster, and performed as a soloist with the College’s symphony. In his non-musical life, he has lived in Cleveland, Berlin, New York, and Boston, but is proud to call LA home. He currently lives in Beverly Hills and works in marketing and advertising at an independent creative agency.