Peter Greydanus, Cello

An active orchestral and chamber musician, Peter Greydanus is a member of the cello section of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra, and performs frequently with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Formerly an associate musician with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, he has also been a member of the Wheeling, WV, Youngstown, OH, Haddonfield, NJ, Albany, NY, and Canton, OH, symphonies. In addition, he has performed with the Sarasota Opera Orchestra and has been a participant in the Spoleto festivals in Spoleto, Italy, and Charleston, SC, as well as the Europaisches Musikfest Stuttgart and the Crested Butte Music Festival. He has served as an adjunct professor of cello at Christopher Newport University, and as a member of the Clivia String Trio, he is an artist with Young Audiences of Virginia/A4L. Mr. Greydanus is a graduate of Temple University where he was a student of Orlando Cole and also studied with Metta Watts and William Stokking. During the 2009-2010 season Peter and his wife, Jocelyn Smith, lived in Crested Butte, CO, and organized a strings class at the Crested Butte Community School.