Lea Eve Fetterman lives and works as a freelance violinist, session musician (violin/vocals), conductor, and teacher in the Pacific Northwest. Alongside her music making, she arranges and composes music for a variety of ensembles and genres, including folk, rock, singer/songwriter, alternative, ambient, and classical. Fetterman is the author of two books, Like Sun Holds Shade and Innocent Skin, both available online at Barnes & Noble and on shelves at Ophelia's Books in Fremont. Her debut double album, Through the Concrete and its spoken word counterpart, and her most recent single Silver Horizon are available on all streaming services.

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Currently, Fetterman performs with many regional orchestras and operas, including the North Corner Chamber Orchestra, Yakima Symphony, Seattle Collaborative Orchestra, and more. Beyond classical music, Fetterman is the violinist for Standish&Co., has performed as concertmaster for Apashe's Philharmonic Orchestra, and has played with artists and bands such as Ollella, Sera Cahoone, Typhoon, Andrew Joslyn & The Passenger String Quartet, Moon Fever, and The Sam Chase & The Untraditional. Beyond Washington's borders, she has also performed in Oregon, Idaho, California, Pennsylvania, and Alaska. Fetterman is a leading violinist for Puget Sound Strings and Innocenti Strings. She coaches sectionals and chamber music for Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras, Seattle Conservatory of Music, and West Seattle Community Orchestras.

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Fetterman is one of the founding orchestra members of the New Ground Orchestra Festival, an all-women orchestra festival and wellness retreat. July, 2025 was its debut year, lead by Rebekah O'Brien.

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In May 2021, Fetterman completed her Master's in Music in Violin Performance at the University of Victoria, BC. She studied with Ann Elliott-Goldschmid, first violinist of the Lafayette String Quartet. Fetterman graduated from Western Washington University with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education in December 2017, Magna Cum Laude. ​

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Fetterman grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and began playing the violin when she was nine years old. Throughout her childhood, Fetterman played instruments from nearly every family: violin, cello, trombone, euphonium, clarinet, piano, and marimba. This affinity with learning a diverse range of instruments and her desire to become an orchestral conductor drove her to complete her undergrad in music education. Fetterman has dedicated her work and livelihood to the violin, composing, conducting and teaching, but still experiments with other instruments in her improvisations and compositions.