Edith Yokley is a violinist from Chicago. Ms. Yokley is a member of the Chicago Sinfonietta and Soulful Symphony in Baltimore. She has performed with such artists as CeeLo Green, J.Lo,  Common, Barry White, Mos Def, Nancy Wilson, Andrea Boccelli, Sheila E., Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Donnie McClurkin, Richard Smallwood, Shirley Ceaser, Dennis DeYoung of the Styxx, and Diana Ross and the Supremes. Ms. Yokley has appeared on the Oprah, Today, and Conan O'brien Shows as well as The Voice. As a chamber musician, Edith has performed all over the world most notably, the Dry Tortugas, V.I. at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College’s Performing Arts Concert Series and in Antigua, Guatemala with the Mosaico Cultural Music Festival.  In 2019, as a member of the Covergirls Violin Show, she performed with the band Chicago for their residency at the Venetian in Las Vegas, Summerfest in Milwaukee, and at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois.  As a member of the Red Ridinghood Quartet in Chicago, she has performed for the American Ballet Theater’s return to The Auditorium Theater of Chicago as well as the Musician’s Club of Women Concert Series.  Edith received her masters degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where as a violin fellow, she studied with Professor Paul Kantor. While at the University of Michigan, Edith was a member of the University's Mariach Troupe and subsequently began jazz improvisation. She has been featured on several CDs including Alicia Keys, Faith Evans, Common, Donnie McClurkin, Joe, and most recently, Kirk Franklin’s Grammy Winning Album ‘Long Live Love’.  Edith does session work in both Chicago and New York.  In 2009, Edith started DjViolin.com in which she and other musicians in her company improvise live with djs.  MissEdith as she is known in this realm has had residencies at Chicago’s premier clubs like Y, Cuvee, The Roof at the Wit Hotel, and clubs and lounges in Chicago and the rest of the country.   Edith is a contractor in New York and Chicago having contracted ensembles for such notable venues as the Apollo Theater  and Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center,  as well as recording sessions in New York.