Sharla Franklin is an acclaimed Violinist performing in the DFW area. She has a diverse set of projects varying from Irish, Jazz, & Bluegrass to Space, Steampunk, Electronic, DJ improv, Tribute bands & Solo events.

Sharla started at the age of 3 trained in the classical and fiddle. In classical, she studied the Suzuki Method, won 1st place for every solo & ensemble competition, & performed in the New Conservatory of Dallas Orchestra for Youth.

Her fiddle background started when her family started a Western Swing band at age 5, twin fiddling with her uncle. She also participated in the Bob Wills Fiddle Camp, Randy Elmore Fiddle Camp, Red Steagull Competition & the National Old Time Fiddlers Competition.

She later joined theater pits for musicals from 2009-2012. She performed music for Into the Woods, On Your Toes, Phantom, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Evil Dead the Musical, Cannibal the Musical, Crushing Grain, Dark of the Moon, & Plan 9 from Outer Space, & The Hobbit at the Dallas Hub Theater, Garland Civic Theater, Grapevine, & Lakeside Community Theatre. 

Ever since 2012 she’s been performing in 20+ bands.

These include:

1) Solo- Violin Improv for eliumHotels, Wineries, House Parties and Weddings *violin

2) Helium Queens- Future Space Pop *violin & vocals

3) Reputation- Tribute to Taylor Swift *fiddle, vocals & mandolin

4) Sarah Carrino (Old Time Originals & Covers) *fiddle & vocals

5) Sol Kitchen- Improv Jazz Jam *violin

6) Derek Anthony- (Country Originals & Covers) *fiddle

7) As Big as Tx- (Country Covers) *fiddle & vocals

8) Simon Flory (Country Originals) *fiddle & vocals

9) TheDJvsViolin- Violin Improv with DJ Iamdjsouljah & Soulful Systems Co *violin

10) Tex-Sis Trio- (Sister Trio Country twist on tunes thru the ages) *fiddle & vocals

11) The Fiddle Rascals- (Family band Western Swing & Old Time Country Covers) *fiddle & vocals

12) StarParty- (Daft Punk & Space Dance Originals) *violin & vocals

13) Levi Cobb and the Big Smoke- (Folk Americana Originals & Covers) *fiddle

14) King George- George Strait Tribute *fiddle

15) Poppy Xander- Steampunk Chamber Rock *violin

16) Robot After All- Daft Punk Tribute w violin & Keytar *violin

On call inactive bands:

17) The High-Tones- Country Covers & Originals *fiddle

18) County Rexford- Irish *fiddle & vocals

19) Boxcar Bandits- Bluegrass *fiddle

20) Jackson Eli- Rockabilly *fiddle