Originally from North Dakota, Hannah graduated from Minot State University in 2021 with a degree in Cello Performance. She has studied cello since the age of 8 with multiple teachers in the United States and Germany. Hannah has attended summer festivals including the Eastman Cello Institute, Dakota Chamber Mu…

Starina D’Haiti (she/her) is international recognized cellist with a passion for teaching cello, piano, and violin. She attended DePauw University and in the New World School of the Arts, majoring in Music Performance on the Cello. Starina’s repertoire includes versatile pieces like classical concertos ,…

Long Island native Emily Doveala began studying the cello at age nine. She started her formal musical training at Mannes Prep Pre-College Division, studying with Dorothy Lawson of the ETHEL Quartet. She went on to achieve her Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance at Ithaca College, where she studied with Eli…

Having grown up in Gwinnett County, Mary developed her passion for music right here. She started learning piano at the age of 6, and quickly added voice. At 11, she began playing the cello and found her true love.

She studied under the instruction of David Scott Berry and gifted teacher David Pineda. At 1…

Jonathan Echevarria began his studies on viola at age sixteen with Philadelphia Orchestra’s Assistant Principal, Kerri Ryan. Prior to viola, Mr. Echevarria studied piano, violin, and cello with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Bay-Atlantic Symphony, and Delaware Symphony. He graduated Cum Laude with a…

Native Houstonian, Omar Escobedo, began his musical journey playing violin at the age of 10 followed by cello and piano at the age of 15. As principal cellist and assistant principal for the section, Omar participated in the American Festival for the Arts Summer Music Conservatory early in his career. Omar we…

Madison Feddersen is a Seattle transplant from Los Angeles, California since 2016. They’re a passionate and dedicated music educator with over two decades of experience in private and with ensemble groups, teaching their primary instrument, cello, as well as the violin and viola. With a deep commitment to fo…

Sophie attended the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal where she studied with renowned cellist Matt Haimovitz for four years and graduated with a degree in Cello Performance. She has been part of several performance tours across Europe as featured soloist, Principal cellist, and orchest…

Chris is a multi-instrumentalist composer from Greensboro, North Carolina. Chris first started his musical journey as a young child with the cello. Soon after he picked up the guitar and has been an avid player of both since then. Having played as an all-state cellist in the state and city orchestra in high s…

Born in Florida raised in Houston, Ricardo Flores is a Dominican cellist, who has been performing for over a decade. Ricardo has had the opportunity to perform in many venues, including the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Alice Tully Hall at Juilliard, Chichester Cathedral in England and any m…