Biography
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Cellist Erin Ellis leads a busy and versatile career as a performer and teacher. She has performed in cities across the United States as well as in Canada, Chile, Italy, and Holland. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Erin appears locally as a chamber musician at venues including Agnes Scott College, the Atlanta Public Library, and Georgia State University. She is Assistant Principal Cello of the Atlanta Opera and serves as Principal Cellist of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (GA). She is also a member of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra (SC). Erin has spent summers performing at the Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, and with the National Repertory Orchestra.
Erin is also an accomplished baroque cellist. She appeared as soloist with the Eastman Collegium Musicum, has performed at the Longy, Rochester, Tafelmusik, and Vancouver early music festivals, the Memorial Art Gallery (Rochester, NY), and was featured as continuo player for Amherst Early Music Festival’s production of Conradi’s Ariadne. Erin can be heard on several recordings with the New Trinity Baroque Orchestra and is currently a member of the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra.
A dedicated music educator, Erin maintains a large and active studio of Suzuki, traditional, and collegiate students, ages 5 – 55+. She currently teaches cello at Agnes Scott College, at the Waldorf School of Atlanta, and at her private studios in Decatur and Roswell, Georgia. Erin also served as interim cello faculty at State University of New York at Fredonia in the Fall of 2013. Erin spends her summers in Leicester, Vermont performing and coaching at Point CounterPoint Chamber Music Camp.
Erin is also in demand as a guest artist and clinician. She was invited to present at the American String Teacher's Association Conference in Louisville, KY, and will be presenting again at the 2016 conference. She has conducted masterclasses at the University of North Dakota, Colorado Mesa University, the University of Texas at Brownsville, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Erin has presented interactive workshops to the Atlanta Cello Project, addressing Baroque performance practice and Romantic cello literature. She also has worked locally with students from Georgia Tech University and assists with several leading high school orchestral programs.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Erin began her cello studies as a Suzuki student at the age of 4. She earned Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and completed Suzuki teacher training with Tanya Carey. Erin went on to receive the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree with a minor in Early Music from the Eastman School of Music, where she was recognized with the Graue Award for Excellence in Musicology. Erin studied the cello with Richard Aaron, David Ying, Alison Wells, Phoebe Carrai, and Martha Gerschefski.
Cellist Erin Ellis leads a busy and versatile career as a performer and teacher. She has performed in cities across the United States as well as in Canada, Chile, Italy, and Holland. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Erin appears locally as a chamber musician at venues including Agnes Scott College, the Atlanta Public Library, and Georgia State University. She is Assistant Principal Cello of the Atlanta Opera and serves as Principal Cellist of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (GA). She is also a member of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra (SC). Erin has spent summers performing at the Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, and with the National Repertory Orchestra.
Erin is also an accomplished baroque cellist. She appeared as soloist with the Eastman Collegium Musicum, has performed at the Longy, Rochester, Tafelmusik, and Vancouver early music festivals, the Memorial Art Gallery (Rochester, NY), and was featured as continuo player for Amherst Early Music Festival’s production of Conradi’s Ariadne. Erin can be heard on several recordings with the New Trinity Baroque Orchestra and is currently a member of the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra.
A dedicated music educator, Erin maintains a large and active studio of Suzuki, traditional, and collegiate students, ages 5 – 55+. She currently teaches cello at Agnes Scott College, at the Waldorf School of Atlanta, and at her private studios in Decatur and Roswell, Georgia. Erin also served as interim cello faculty at State University of New York at Fredonia in the Fall of 2013. Erin spends her summers in Leicester, Vermont performing and coaching at Point CounterPoint Chamber Music Camp.
Erin is also in demand as a guest artist and clinician. She was invited to present at the American String Teacher's Association Conference in Louisville, KY, and will be presenting again at the 2016 conference. She has conducted masterclasses at the University of North Dakota, Colorado Mesa University, the University of Texas at Brownsville, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Erin has presented interactive workshops to the Atlanta Cello Project, addressing Baroque performance practice and Romantic cello literature. She also has worked locally with students from Georgia Tech University and assists with several leading high school orchestral programs.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Erin began her cello studies as a Suzuki student at the age of 4. She earned Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and completed Suzuki teacher training with Tanya Carey. Erin went on to receive the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree with a minor in Early Music from the Eastman School of Music, where she was recognized with the Graue Award for Excellence in Musicology. Erin studied the cello with Richard Aaron, David Ying, Alison Wells, Phoebe Carrai, and Martha Gerschefski.