I am a professional cellist who has performed with many musical organizations, playing a variety of styles and genres, including solo, symphonic, opera, musical theater, and chamber music. I very much enjoy the sense of connection and exchange that comes from collaborating with other instrumentalists, singers, conductors, and directors. Below is a sample of my recent work.
Solo Experience
New Ballet of San Jose, Fast Forward contemporary dance programs
March 2025, 2024, 2023, 2021
- Live solo performances with company dancers, playing works by Paganini, Amy Beach, J. S. Bach, Clark Ross, Faure
Schola Cantorum, Faure concert
April 2024
- Solo performance of Fauré Élégie
Spartanburg University, South Carolina, conference on Romantic Art
October 2023
- Solo and chamber performances of works by Robert Schumann, Rachmaninov, Chopin.
Solo Recitals in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Palo Alto, Washington DC
June 2022
- Works by Clara Schumann, Bach, Chopin, Piazzolla, Saint-Saëns
Institute for the Study of Western Civilization
JANUARY 2019
- Lecture/recital of Bach Cello Suites 1-3
- Also performed as solo recital, November 2018
Palo Alto Philharmonic
2016 | 2009 | 2006
- Soloist for performances of concertos of Saint-Saëns, Brahms, Lalo
Kensington Symphony
2010 | 2007
- Soloist for performances Brahms Double Concerto, Lalo Concerto
Oakland Civic Orchestra
2005
- Soloist, Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto #1
Opera & Musical Theater Experience
West Bay Opera orchestra
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2015
- Otello, La Sonnambula, Corpus Evita, Madama Butterfly, Der fliegender Hollander, Don Giovanni, La traviata, Pique Dame, Macbeth, Falstaff, Carmen, I due Foscari, Fidelio, Salome, Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Hillbarn Theater, Santa Clara University, Tri-Valley Repertory Theater, San Mateo HS, Aragon HS, Menlo College
2011- present
- Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Carol, Fiddler on the Roof, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Sister Act, Sponge Bob The Musical, Hadestown, The Last Five Years, Prom, Carousel, Oliver
Orchestral Experience
Peninsula Symphony Orchestra
2025 | 2024 | 2023
- Acting Principal Cello
New Mexico Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Illinois Philharmonic, DuPage Symphony, Stockton Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic, Symphony San Jose, Fremont Symphony, Sacramento Symphony
1988-present
- Section cellist
Education
Eastman School of Music
M.M., 1992
- Primary teacher: Steve Doane
University of New Mexico
B.M., 1990
- Primary teacher: Joanna deKeyser
For cello lessons, contact:
Thomas Shoebotham
Call: (650) 380-6805
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