Local Live | Wmse

SISTASTRINGS IS COMPRISED OF REAL-LIFE SISTERS, MONIQUE AND CHAUNTEE, WHO COME FROM A MUSICAL FAMILY OF FIVE. EACH OF THE FOUR DAUGHTERS PLAYED ONE STRINGED INSTRUMENT, EACH, WHILE THEIR BROTHER PLAYED PIANO. THE GIRLS BEGAN SINGING AND PLAYING AS A GROUP IN THEIR CHURCH AND SOON THEY WERE INVITED TO CHURCHES ALL OVER THE MIDWEST. AS EACH SISTER GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT OFF TO COLLEGE, THE GROUP BECAME SMALLER. FINALLY, MONIQUE AND CHAUNTEE WERE THE ONLY ONES LEFT AND THE ONLY ONES WHO DESIRED TO MAKE A CAREER WITH THEIR MUSIC. SISTASTRINGS IS CURRENTLY BASED IN MILWAUKEE, WHERE THEY COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL ARTISTS AND PLAY AT VARIOUS EVENTS AND WEDDINGS. THEY CAN BE SEEN ON WEEKENDS ON THE CORNER OF MICHIGAN AND ONTARIO WEARING SUNGLASSES AND PERFORMING IN FRONT OF A VERY LARGE CRATE & BARREL. THERE, THEY PERFORM CLASSICAL MUSIC AND IMPROV ON POPULAR HYMNS. THEY ARE BOTH CLASSICALLY TRAINED MUSICIANS HAVING STUDIED AT THE STRING ACADEMY OF WISCONSIN AND THE MUSIC INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO. BOTH ARE PURSUING