Bryan Eckenrode

Cellist/Conductor

Cellist Bryan Eckenrode graduated cum laude from SUNY at Stony Brook and holds a Master of Music degree from SUNY at Buffalo. Mr. Eckenrode is principal cello with the Western New York Chamber Orchestra. He is a member of the Lexington String Quartet, Voci d’ Amore, and Camerata; he has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Ars Nova, Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Erie Chamber Orchestra, and the British Columbia Mozart Festival Orchestra.

He records with the International Baroque Soloists, and can also be heard on many CDs including Ani DiFranco, Sixpence None the Richer, Seven Day Faith, Them Jazzbeards, John and Mary, Allison Pepitone, and Them Jazzbeards, not only as a cellist but as a bagpiper and flutist. Mr. Eckenrode performed and recorded a series of film scores for silent movies issued by Turner Broadcasting, now available on commercial DVD.

He made his Lincoln Center Debut in 2003 and returned in 2006. He has performed with Musical Fare, Buffalo; Shea's Performing Arts Center, Buffalo and Art Park, Lewiston in performances from Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals to concerts with Rod Stewart. He is on the faculty of Niagara University, Canisius College, Daemen College, Jamestown Community College, and is the director of strings at Villa Maria College.

He is conductor and music director of the Chautauqua Regional Youth Symphony which encompasses the Prelude Strings Orchestra and the Young Artists Orchestra. He conducted the 2006 Niagara All-County Orchestra Festival Orchestra and the 2007 Erie All-County Orchestra Festival at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo. He is married to the internationally soprano Cristen Gregory.