Bio : Artists

Beth Vanderborgh : Cello

Cellist Beth Vanderborgh enjoys a rich and varied career as both soloist and chamber musician. In the summer of 2008 she was appointed to the faculty of the University of Wyoming.  She continues to serve as principal cellist of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. She was formerly principal cellist of the Winston-Salem Symphony and co-principal of the Carolina Chamber Symphony. She is a founding member of the acclaimed Stanislas Sextet, based in Nancy, France, which released a recording of the Brahms Sextets this spring, and she tours regularly with Musica Harmonia. Dr. Vanderborgh has captured top prizes in the Baltimore Chamber Awards, the National Society of Arts and Letters Cello Competition, and the Ulrich Solo Competition. As United States Information Service Artistic Ambassador and member of the Fadial-Vanderborgh Duo, she has performed on four continents, including recitals at the Kennedy Center, the Phillips Collection, the Teatro Nacional in Costa Rica, and the American University in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Recent solo highlights include Elgar's Cello Concerto with the Winston-Salem Symphony, Strauss' Don Quixote and Haydn's D Major Cello Concerto with the Greensboro Symphony, and solo cello in the sextet arrangement of Don Quixote at the Lazlo Varga Cello Celebration. She appears regularly on the Greensboro Symphony?s chamber series "Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Friends" collaborating with guest artists Lynn Harrell, Augustin Hadelich, Elmar Oliveira, Bela Davidovich, Konstantin Lipschitz, Garrick Ohlsson and Stuart Malina. In 2007 she performed the world premiere of Patrick Byers' Gospel Quartet with members of the NCSA faculty at Steinway Hall in NYC. She holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Maryland, where her teachers included Evelyn Elsing, David Soyer, Steven Doane, and David Geber. Dr. Vanderborgh divides her time between Laramie, WY, and Greensboro. This is her twelfth season with EMF.