Officially formed in 2018 by husband & wife team Jeremy & Emily Beyer, together with friends & fellow music teachers Maura Brown, Allison Zabelin, & Kristi Kline, NVS has quickly become an ensemble in high demand for weddings, events, and restaurant & bar entertainment throughout the northwest suburbs of Chicago. NVS can be seen giving frequent public performances at many establishments and events throughout the northwest suburbs of Chicago, including Riverlands Brewing Co., Sew Hop'd, the St. Charles Motorcycle Museum & Art Gallery, Buffalo Creek Brewing, La Zingara Trattoria, and more. All NVS members hold degrees in music, work full-time as public school music teachers, and have been playing together for many years in local orchestras.

Emily Beyer, 1st violinist of New Vintage Strings, grew up in Elgin, IL, studied music education (BME, 2007) at Northern Illinois University, and is currently pursuing a master’s of music education degree through Eastern Washington University. She serves as principal 2nd violin of the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra in DeKalb and previously held the position of assistant concertmaster of the Fox Valley Orchestra in Aurora. Since 2013, she has directed middle school and high school orchestras as well as Alternative Strings, an extracurricular string ensemble, in Yorkville School District 115.

Jeremy Beyer, bassist and manager of New Vintage Strings, grew up in Algonquin, IL, and has extensive performance experience in a multitude of musical genres. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Northern Illinois University, BME (music education) 2006 & MM (music history) 2014. He serves as principal bass of the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra in Dekalb and was previously assistant principal bass of the Fox Valley Orchestra in Aurora. He is also an in-demand jazz and rock bassist across Chicagoland. Presently, he teaches guitar and orchestra at Dundee-Crown High School, District 300.

Maura Brown, 2nd violin, grew up in the St. Louis area and earned undergraduate degrees BM (performance), and BME (music education), from Ohio State University in 2007. She went on to earn master's degrees, MM (performance), and MME (music education) from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2009. She serves as concertmaster of the Fox Valley Orchestra in Aurora and directs the orchestras at Elk Grove High School, District 214.

Allison Zabelin, 2nd violin/viola, grew up in Aurora and studied music education (BME, 2011) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She earned her master's of music education degree (MME, 2015) from Vandercook School of Music, Chicago. She serves as principal violist of the Fox Valley Orchestra in Aurora and teaches orchestra in Libertyville, District 70.

Kristi Kline, viola, has a degree in music education (BME, 2010) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a master’s of music education degree (MME, 2015) from VanderCook School of Music in Chicago. She has been teaching elementary and middle school orchestra at Community Consolidated School District 89 in Glen Ellyn  since 2010. She enjoys performing in the Chicagoland area on both viola and violin, as well as teaching privately out of her home.

Rebecca Rudy, violin/viola