Violinist Dawning (Welliver) Vajdi is a performer, researcher, and educator based in Indianapolis, Indiana. A graduate of the Jacobs School of Music, she completed her Masters in violin performance with Grigory Kalinovsky in 2022. Her undergraduate career took place at Vanderbilt University, where she studied with Cornelia Heard and pursued minors in International Leadership and Development and Arabic Language. Dawning performs regularly with Sileo Quartet, which won the Grand Prix at the Małopolska International Music Competition in 2023. With a fellow quartet member, Dawning recently co-founded the Empowered Creatives Project, an initiative dedicated to increasing access to meaningful music education and fostering connections across diverse communities.