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March 22, 2024
Matthew Park is co-founder and cellist of Splntrd Wood, a project-focused cello quartet whose mission is to “create fresh live music experiences that cross divides between musical genres by creating its own arrangements and presenting it anew”. Splntrd Wood has been featured on Sundays Live at LACMA, ASCAP’s New Music Friday playlist, Medieval Music of...
March 22, 2024
Cellist Isaac Pastor-Chermak enjoys a diverse and varied career in symphony and opera orchestras, chamber music, and solo and recording engagements, as well as engaging deeply with his community as a conductor, educator, and nonprofit board member. He is Principal Cellist of Vallejo Symphony, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, and Eisenstadt (Austria) Classical Music Festival; Assistant Principal...
November 18, 2018
November 18, 2018
November 18, 2018
Originally from Ann Arbor, I have been playing cello professionally since 1974, starting with the Louisville Orchestra, then the Colorado Springs Symphony and Colorado Opera Festival, and here with the California Symphony since 1989 as well as a number of other groups in the area from Santa Cruz to Modesto. I have a Master’s degree...
November 18, 2018
Paul Hale, cellist, is a Bay Area native, and started orchestra playing in California Youth Symphony. He attended UC Berkeley studying mechanical engineering, and music performance and cello with Margaret Rowell. He played in many master classes at SF Conservatory of Music and Stanford, and he also studied at Tanglewood and Music Academy of the...
November 18, 2018
I am from New York, but got my training in San Francisco and Berkeley. I am a tenured member of Symphony San Jose and California Symphony, and play regularly with Oakland Symphony. I freelance quite a bit, and have performed with SF Symphony, New York Chamber Soloists, and multiple summer festivals. I live in Berkeley...
November 18, 2018
Leighton Fong is the principal cellist of the California Symphony. He is also a member of the Left Coast Chamber ensemble and the Eco Ensemble. Since 1997, he has been an instructor at UC Berkeley. He lives with his wife, Anna, in Berkeley CA. Favorite musical memory Playing the cello slow movement from the second...
