Emma Cary
Emma Cary joined the North Carolina Symphony’s cello section in September 2025. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan with Richard Aaron and holds a master’s degree from Rice University, where she studied with Desmond Hoebig. Cary served as principal cellist of the University of Michigan, Rice University Shepherd School, Music Academy […]
Nathaniel Yaffe
Nathaniel Yaffe joined the North Carolina Symphony cello section in 2013, and has served as its archival recording engineer since 2016. When the North Carolina Symphony stopped performing live during the pandemic, he produced, recorded, and edited over 25 concerts for broadcast during the 2020-2021 virtual season. As audiences have returned to the concert hall, […]
Samuel Sykes
Samuel Sykes began studying the cello at age three at the Northeast Iowa School of Music and made his concerto debut with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra at age twelve. He was named a National YoungArts Winner and has also won first prize in several competitions across the country. He was recently a prize winner in […]
Marc Moskovitz*
Marc Moskovitz maintains a varied career as both a professional cellist and author. In addition to serving as principal cellist of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, he performs regularly with the North Carolina Symphony. Moskovitz has performed and toured with Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society and The Boston Pops, played at the Library of Congress, where […]
David Meyer
Cellist David Meyer joined the North Carolina Symphony in 2013. After childhood musical training in Southern California with Rick Mooney, Eleonore Schoenfeld, Victor Sazer, and Nathaniel Rosen, he continued his cello studies with Lawrence Lesser in Boston. He holds degrees from University of Southern California Thornton School of Music and the New England Conservatory of […]
Yewon Ahn
Yewon Ahn joined the cello section of the North Carolina Symphony in 2018. Before she moved to Raleigh, she was contracted by Houston Symphony during 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons and joined Houston Symphony’s 2017 eight-concert tour through Europe with Hilary Hahn. She has given numerous solo, orchestral, and chamber performances and collaborated with major international […]
Peng Li
Peng Li joined the North Carolina Symphony as Assistant Principal Cello in the fall of 2008. He was a member of the San Antonio Symphony, as well as a substitute musician for the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, and Houston Ballet. Li attended the Tanglewood Music Center in the summers of 2005 and 2006 and […]
Elizabeth Beilman
Elizabeth Beilman, a native of Wichita, Kansas, joined the North Carolina Symphony in 1988 and serves as the orchestra’s Associate Principal Cello. Since coming to Raleigh, she has performed in numerous recitals and ensembles in North Carolina and has appeared as soloist with the North Carolina Symphony. As a founding member of the chamber music ensemble […]
Bonnie Thron
Bonnie Thron joined the North Carolina Symphony as principal cellist in 2000. She is an active chamber musician and recitalist and locally has been a guest artist with the Mallarmé Chamber Players and the Ciompi Quartet, as well as occasionally joining the Jacobowitz-Larkin Duo to form a clarinet trio called Three For All. In the […]