Biography

Violist Lucy Gelber is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the Glenn Gould School, where she studies with Steven Dann.  She recently received her Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music as a student of Masumi Rostad.  Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Lucy started on violin but switched to viola, which she felt better suited her. She studied with Atlanta Opera and Ballet violist Joli Wu throughout high school. She also played with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Franklin Pond Chamber Music, where she worked closely with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra musicians. 

 

An avid chamber musician, she founded and performed with the Andromeda String Quartet for three years, working under the guidance of Yoojin Jang, Mikhail Kopelman, and members of the Ying Quartet. The Andromeda String Quartet has performed in both the Honors and Intensive Chamber Recitals at Eastman, respectively, at the 2021 College Music Society conference, and several independently organized chamber recitals. They have played in master classes for Paul Katz and the Aizuri Quartet. 

 

At Eastman, Lucy served as co-principal violist of the Eastman Philharmonia and School Symphony Orchestra under Neil Varon for four years. She made her solo debut in 2021, performing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the Eastman Philharmonia in 2021. She has since performed Peter Hamlin’s “Before I Go My Own Way” with the Eastman Chorale under the direction of William Weinert for the Eastman Centennial.

 

Lucy has attended several summer music festivals including Bowdoin, Madeline Island, Green Mountain, and Round Top Festival Institute, which she attended as a fellow in 2021. She has studied with faculty including Kirsten Docter, Ivo Van Der Werff, Juan Miguel Hernandez, Daniel Sweaney, Susan Dubois, and members of the Jupiter Quartet. 

 

Lucy also takes interest in early music, playing Baroque viola with Eastman Collegium Musicum for several years and performing with various early music ensembles around Western New York. She received a fellowship quartet position at the 2023 Bach Virtuosi Festival in Portland, Maine. 

 

Outside of music, Lucy enjoys making art, doing yoga, and taking on ambitious cooking and baking projects.