Katie Tertell

Cello

POSITIONS HELD/TRIALS

•   Tutti Cello, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Dublin, Ireland (2015-2019)
•   Trial, No. 2 Principal, Welsh National Opera. Guest led section (2018-19)
•   Trial, Sub Principal (No. 3) job-share, BBC National Orchestra of Wales (2017-18)
•   Trial, Principal Cello, Ulster Orchestra. Performed as principal at the BBC Proms (2016)

FREELANCE- Symphony/Opera Orchestra
•   BBC Concert Orchestra
•   BBC National Orchestra of Wales
•   BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
•   English Symphony Orchestra (guest principal)
•   Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra, Washington D.C. (USA)
•   Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
•   RTÉ Concert Orchestra
•   Opera North
•   Ulster Orchestra (including principal)
•   Welsh National Opera (including guest principal)

FREELANCE- Chamber Orchestra
•   City of London Sinfonia
•   London Chamber Orchestra
•   Irish Chamber Orchestra (including No. 2)
•   Royal Northern Sinfonia
•   Scottish Ensemble
•   Scottish Chamber Orchestra

SESSIONS
•   Isobel Griffiths
•   Irish Film Orchestra (Caitriona Walsh)
•   Windmill & Camden Studios (Dublin)

CHAMBER MUSIC/FESTIVALS
•   Artistic Director and Founder, Appalachian Chamber Music Festival
•   Co-creator, “Lost in Plain Sight” Project (with Durham University and Instituto Cervantes)
•   Member and International Projects Coordinator, Musici Ireland
Recent chamber festivals/series:
•   Yale University (USA)
•   Oberlin College (USA)
•   Rainy Days Festival (Luxembourg)
•   Ardee Baroque festival (Northern Ireland)
•   Torrey Chamber Music (Utah, USA)
•   Dietzenbach Musiktage (Germany)
•   Musicon series (Durham University, UK)
•   Wye International (UK)
•   Whittington Festival (UK)
•   National Concert Hall series (Ireland)
•   Kaleidoscope (Ireland)
•   Spike Festival (Ireland)
•   Kilkenny Festival (Ireland)
•   Endellion Festival (UK)
•   John Lynch series (Ireland)

SOLO CONCERTS (recent highlights)
•   June 2023: Fundació Casa Masó (Girona, Spain)
•   Feb 2023: St Ann’s Lunchtime Concert (Ireland)
•   Feb 2023: Schumann Concerto, Solihull Symphony, UK
•   August 2022: World Premiere, “Linden” for solo cello by Mark Boden (USA)
•   July 2022: Washington Musica Viva (USA)
•   July, 2022: International Computer Music Festival (with Crash Ensemble) Limerick, Ireland
Other concertos performed: Dvorak, Haydn C, Brahms Double, Elgar
CROSS-GENRE WORK
•   Howay the Lasses (member)
•   The Unthanks (recording)
•   Collab with Dave Asti of Hillbilly Gypsies
•   Aslam
Venues/Festivals:
Galway International Jazz Festival
Sage Gateshead
Shrewsbury Folk
Halifax Folk
Levitt Series at The Amp
Contemporary American Theater Festival
Spoleto USA
Newcastle United/St James Park

EDUCATION
•   PGDip, Royal Northern College of Music
•   MM Performance, MM Suzuki Pedagogy, Cleveland Institute of Music, USA
•   BM Cello Performance, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, USA

TEACHERS: Janós Starker, Emilio Colón, Stephen Geber, Melissa Kraut, Joely Koos, Peter Dixon.
MASTERCLASSES with Ralph Kirschbaum, Gary Hoffman

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Instruments
Cello, Electric Cello, Remote Recording