Orlando Wells, Viola, attended the State University of New York at Purchase as a double major on violin and viola and continued his studies at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers in the studio of Michael Tree.

Among the many ensembles he’s played with are:  the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestra, Radio City Christmas Spectacular orchestra, Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra, Musica Sacre, New York Oratorio Society, and the Ritz Chamber Players in Jacksonville, FL.  Mr. Wells was a featured chamber musician with the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival and the Sunflower Music Festival in Topeka, KS. He appeared as soloist with Manhattan Virtuosi, the Harlem Symphony, and Antara Chamber Orchestra.

Mr. Wells has performed and recorded with great artists such as Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Rihanna, Harry Connick, Jr., Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, and many others.  He also has performed on dozens of the greatest shows on Broadway.

Currently, he is the principal violist of the New York Pops, holds viola chair at the Broadway show, Sweeney Todd, and is violist of the critically acclaimed Sweet Plantain String Quartet.