Ms. Mads is from St. Louis, Missouri and moved down to Nashville in 2021 to get a bachelor’s degree at Belmont University. Ms. Mads is a graduate in Violin Performance and also plays some piano and electric bass! Some of their hobbies include disc golfing, puzzles, and playing video games. Ms. Mads currently lives alone with their two cats named Copland and Dvorak (after the famous classical composers!). Ms. Mads began teaching violin at FBAA in March of this year and has loved every minute of working with the students.