Hochstein alum Epongue Ekille performed on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday, February 12!
She was asked to fill in for another musician to play violin with musical guest Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Roots house band, and fellow string players Tia Allen and Alexandria Hill. She said of the experience, “It really was amazing!”
Epongue studied music at Hochstein from age 4 through high school. She took individual violin lessons, was in a piano trio, won multiple Merit Scholarships, and received a Hochstein Honors Certificate. In 2022, she returned to perform a solo at the Hochstein Gala.
A graduate of Yale with degrees in Environmental Management and Justice, she is still very active with her music, performing at the Carmel Bach Festival, on the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and with other ensembles in New York City and beyond.
Congratulations, Epongue – You rock!
(Pictured, left to right: Alexandria Hill, Tia Allen, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Epongue Ekille)
View the Jimmy Fallon segment in the YouTube player below or click here. You can see Epongue in the back row of musicians, just to the right of the drummer.