Janel and Anthony

Cellist Janel Leppin and guitarist Anthony Pirog attended the same high school in Vienna, Virginia (outside Washington, D.C.) during the 1990s, but didn't begin playing music together until their high-school years were behind them. Leppin grew up in Wedderburn, a grouping of small cottages in a secluded wooded area that had evolved into an art colony of sorts, and during her college years she would invite friends, including Pirog, to her cottage to play both written and improvised music. Leppin earned a degree in cello performance from George Mason University in Fairfax County...