Abigail Potts-Lesser is currently an active musician in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. She performs with various symphony orchestras including those of Tulsa, Plano, Irving and Fort Worth. She plays regularly with String Quartet Dallas, formerly known as European Ensemble Strings, which provides music for weddings, receptions and other events. Apart from performing, Abigail teaches lessons in violin and viola in the Richardson School District. She also teaches private violin and piano lessons.  Abigail was born in Dallas Texas and began her musical studies with classical piano at age seven and the violin at age ten. Her first violin teachers included Clare Adkins Cason, Mary Alice Rich and Daphne Volle.  Her teachers have also included Sherry Kloss, Claire Hodgkins and Elaine Skorodin all of which were students of the famous Jascha Heifetz. As a Freshman at SMU, in the Fall of 2010, Abigail won first place in the SMU Undergraduate Concerto Competition. She performed Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane with the Meadows Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Michelle Merrill in January 2011. Abigail graduated Summa Cum Laude from Southern Methodist University in the Fall of 2013 with a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance, studying with Emanuel Borok, former Concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.