In 2005, Dana Meyer established a violin studio in Franklin, Tennessee. Her dream was to create a program that would provide children the means to become confident, sensitive and beautiful artists. Music City Strings was the result of this dream. In 2012 Music City Strings was one of three groups in all of North and South America chosen to perform on the International Ensembles Concert at the Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Because of this performance, the group was discovered by The League of Astonishing Strings and invited by the founders of Barrage on a 17 day concert tour of Europe during the summer of 2015. With twelve performances during their travels to Spain, France, England, and Scotland, this was a transformative experience for the group.

As the reputation of Music City Strings has grown, it has attracted the attention of the music industry in Nashville. The group has performed over 30 concerts with Grammy-Award winning artists Vince Gill, Amy Grant, and Michael W. Smith and has appeared with many other artists in venues such as the Ryman Auditorium, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Bridgestone Arena, the Allen Arena at Lipscomb University and the Franklin Theater in Franklin, Tennessee.

The ensemble keeps busy with a regular schedule of rehearsals, performances, and touring. Most recently, Music City Strings was hired as the headliner group for the Barrage Next Generation Tours in Wisconsin, Florida, and Arkansas. Joined by two former Barrage performers, Music City Strings received enthusiastic standing ovations at every performance.

In March 2017, Music City Strings was the leading group of a concert tour of China. They astounded huge audiences in the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, the Lantian Grand Theatre, the Zhili Grand Theater, and the National Library Concert Hall in Beijing. While in China, the group also engaged in a cultural exchange performance with the students of Hebei Arts College in Shijiazhuang.

Music City Strings has performed on the TOKENS Show at the Ryman, at the University of Louisville Suzuki String Institute, the Hope Foundation with Steven Curtis Chapman, DayStar Ministries, Music City Roots, the Lighting of the Green with Amy Grant, Channel 4 News at Midday, the Franklin Main Street Festival, Lawrenceburg Crockett Theater, and Dickens of a Christmas in Franklin, Tennessee among many others.

The local community is very important to Music City Strings and the group has been active for more than a decade in community engagement performances in such places as the Sarah Canon Cancer Clinic, the Vanderbilt ALS Clinic, the Tennessee School for the Blind, nursing homes, and retirement communities.