Cello
All ODU Community Music Division instructors are highly qualified individuals who not only posses the knowledge of the instrument, but also the passion for teaching it. Whether a novice or advanced, our instructors teach students the principals of their instruments that help build a foundation for the rest of their lives.
Below you will find information about instructors for this instrument. Contact us for information on how to contact these instructors and begin private lessons.
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DIONNE WRIGHT—CELLO, CHAMBER MUSIC
Cellist Dionne Wright has shared the stage with a variety of musicians including Celtic
Women, Tommy Lee, Richard Marx, Kathy Mattea and Johnny Mathis.
She has performed in Bath, England, in the Soesterberg International Music Festival in Holland, as principal cellist of the Dublin Music Festival in Ireland and in the Bowdoin Chamber Music Festival in Maine.
Ms. Wright has performed in the sections of several symphony orchestras throughout the region, including the Williamsburg Symphonia, the Virginia Symphony, and the Harlem Symphony, and currently performs with the Arte Musicale Ensemble and Hardwick Chamber Ensemble, featuring the music of living composers.
An avid teacher, Ms. Wright has served on the faculty of Chowan University, Christopher
Newport University and Tidewater Community College. She currently teaches at the
Governor's School for the Arts, Saint Patrick Catholic School, the Academy of Music and
Old Dominion University's Community Music Division, while also maintaing a private
studio.
Dionne Wright received her Master of Music Degree from the Pennsylvania State
University where she was awarded a teaching assistantship under Kim Cook. Her
Bachelor of Music Degree is from Ohio University, where she studied with Mark
Schroeder, and graduated Magna Cum Laude.