Elinor Frey

Elinor Frey received a M.M. from the Juilliard School in May 2005 and B.M. from the Mannes College of Music in 2001. An advocate of new music, Elinor served as cellist of the Aspen Music Festival Contemporary Ensemble in 2004/5 and with the New Juilliard Ensemble she gave the New York premiere of Betsy Jolas's concerto "Wanderlied" in Alice Tully Hall the July 2007 world premiere of Steven Stucky’s “Dialoghi”, a solo cello piece written for her. She participated in summer festivals at Kneisel Hall, Norfolk Contemporary Session, Fontainebleau, and the 2006 London Master Classes with Ralph Kirshbaum. 
As cellist of Quartetto Gelato during 2006/7, Elinor performed throughout the US and Canada including with the Edmonton and Bartlesville Symphonies.  She is winner of the 2004 Ladies Musical Club of Seattle competition and the Virtu Foundation Scholarship and now, through generous grants from supporters, plays on a beautiful 1962 Mario Gadda cello and a superb Charles Espey bow which she recently commissioned.  A Suzuki cello teacher and chamber music coach, Elinor has been faculty at the Hudson River School, the Music Institute of Long Island, the Guelph Youth Music Center, at CAMMAC Ontario and at the 2007 Ithaca College Chamber Music Institute. Next season’s highlights include a long-term residency at the Banff Centre, a recital tour in April including her third recital at Cornell University, and the release of her debut album with Yarlung Records.