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Welcome to the Heritage Hill String Quartet page!

If you haven't heard about us already, we were established in 2002 and have since been busy touring West Michigan and providing much needed music at a variety of events and venues.

Below, are short little bios about ourselves. By clicking on our names you can learn more about what your most favorite musicians have been up to and inquire about lessons.

If you are interested in hiring us, please click here or on the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of the page.

Jenny Lee – Violin I

Jenny Lee, first violinist of the Heritage Hill String Quartet, is an active violinist and violist. She was the concertmaster at Grand Valley State University where she recently graduated with her Bachelor of Arts with performance honors in Music and a minor in East Asian studies. Under the guiding hands of teachers from the Grand Rapids Symphony as well as the Lansing Symphony, Jenny has, since a young age, been a very busy chamber musician in Michigan as well as South Korea. Prior to joining Heritage Hill in 2004, Jenny played in such ensembles as the Corona String Quartet, Seoul Trio and Saka Strings as well taking part in honors orchestras. In addition to playing and performing, Jenny currently teaches at Meyer Music and is in her ninth year giving private and group violin and viola lessons through her home studio and is the director of music at her church.

Natalie Hockamier – Violin II

Natalie Hockamier, a founding member of the Heritage Hill String Quartet, began playing the violin in her 5th grade music program. She has studied privately with members of the Grand Rapids Symphony, including Dave Haaland, Diane McElfish, Chris Martin, and Christina Fong. Recently she has studied with Malcolm Brannen at Grand Rapids Community College, where she is pursuing a degree in music education. She recently won an award at that school for outstanding achievement in music. Natalie holds a degree in botany from the University of Michigan and has played in the U of M Campus Philharmonic and Pops Orchestras. She has been a member of the West Shore Symphony Orchestra in Muskegon since 2002 and has performed with both the Traverse City and Holland Symphony Orchestras. Natalie has been giving private violin lessons for the past eight years, and feels very fortunate to have a great job playing and teaching music.

Jennifer Alman – Viola

Active as an orchestral player, chamber musician, and teacher, Jennifer Alman is a 2007 graduate of the Longy School of Music, where she earned the Master of Music degree in Viola Performance as a student of Roger Tapping. While living in the Boston area, she served as Principal Viola with the Civic Symphony of Boston, and performed with several other ensembles including the Brockton Symphony and Hingham Symphony. Prior to beginning her studies in Boston, she attended Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she studied violin with Hyunsai Lee and Diane McElfish and viola with Robert Byrens, graduating in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and a minor in German. Jennifer performs regularly with numerous ensembles in the West Michigan area including the West Shore Symphony Orchestra and Traverse Symphony Orchestra, and currently teaches at Meyer Music, Lakeshore Baptist Academy, and Cornerstone University.

Alicia Gregorian-Sawyers – Cello

Alicia Gregorian

A recent graduate of New England Conservatory, Alicia Gregorian has performed in Avery Fisher Hall, Boston's Jordan Hall, and at Harvard's Sanders Theater. She has appeared at the Mostly Mozart Festival, Festival De Musica (Costa Rica), Sound Encounters Contemporary Music Festival, and as a member of the International Chamber Soloists. While at N.E.C. she was selected to participate in the Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Bartok string quartet seminars.

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