Brian Sanders (3)

Brian Sanders is a classically trained cellist based in Brooklyn, New York. Born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, twenty-five year old Brian Sanders recently received his masters in music from Mannes College the New School for Music in New York City, studying with Timothy Eddy. He received his B.M. from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. In 2006, he was a recipient of the VSA arts International Young Soloists’ award, which resulted in a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He has served as one of the principle cellists for the Eastman Philharmonia, and in the summer of 2007 attended the Tanglewood Music Center. His teachers have included Steven Doane and Uri Vardi. Brian is an active rock musician, currently a member of Emanuel and the Fear, TrEas, Laura Maclean, and Matt Worden and Last Call. He has also composed music for Break of Reality, a cello trio that plays mainly rock and heavy metal.